Ashtray theft leads to machete fight, arrest in Cooper City, deputies say

A quality implicit an ashtray turned convulsive successful Cooper City when a 42-year-old antheral broke into a townhome courtyard and fought the homeowner who was equipped with a machete, authorities confirmed successful an apprehension study Thursday.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said the confrontation happened conscionable earlier 1:50 p.m. Tuesday aft the unfortunate noticed a man, identified arsenic David Alejandro Guevara, lasting successful the enclosed patio country of his townhome and holding his ashtray.

They said the unfortunate opened the doorway and demanded that Guevara instrumentality the ashtray and leave.

Deputies said the unfortunate past walked backmost inside, but sensed Guevara pursuing him. The homeowner equipped himself with a machete and confronted Guevara.

According to the apprehension report, Guevara, of Pembroke Pines, rushed the unfortunate and tried to wrestle the machete away.

Deputies said the 2 struggled and fell to the ground. The unfortunate was yet capable to transportation Guevara extracurricular the gated obstruction area, but the combat continued, and the unfortunate suffered a superior chopped to his face.

Deputies said Guevara fled the country connected foot. The unfortunate was rushed to the infirmary with terrible injuries to his manus and calf and underwent exigency surgery, the study stated.

Guevara aboriginal told deputies helium took the ashtray due to the fact that it looked “nice” and admitted to grabbing the machete during the confrontation to debar getting stabbed. He claimed the unfortunate was “being dramatic” aft being injured and that’s erstwhile helium left, deputies wrote successful the report.

Guevara was arrested and is facing charges of aggravated artillery with a deadly weapon, burglary with battle oregon artillery and petty theft, jailhouse records show.

Guevara defence lawyers stated that helium was acting successful self-defense, claiming the homeowner was equipped and confrontational.

Prosecutors said Guevara has a convulsive transgression history, including anterior arrests for fleeing and eluding instrumentality enforcement, DUI and dealing successful stolen property.

A nationalist defender has been appointed to correspond him.

During a tribunal hearing, the defence requested some a photograph bid and a intelligence wellness evaluation, which the justice granted.

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