'I'm going to kill you': Man charges beachgoers with drill after being told he can't sit on a chair, cops say

A antheral is accused of charging astatine radical connected a Florida formation with a drill and an umbrella portion declaring, "I'm going to termination you."

Yacov Levi, 50, stands charged with attempted aggravated battery and artillery connected a law enforcement officer, some felonies, arsenic good arsenic misdemeanor transgression mischief. He made his archetypal quality successful Miami-Dade County tribunal connected Friday.

On Wednesday, Levi was connected a formation down a condominium analyzable connected Collins Avenue successful Surfside, Florida, which lies conscionable northbound of Miami Beach. According to an apprehension affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, helium "asked to beryllium connected a formation chair" but was turned down due to the fact that "he doesn't unrecorded here."

Levi reportedly "became irate," grabbing a formation umbrella and trying to deed idiosyncratic with it. Shortly after, authorities said helium "grabbed a drill and charged" astatine a man, saying, "I'm going to termination you."

One antheral ran distant earlier the fishy charged astatine different one, with aggregate witnesses viewing Levi "running with the drill," the tribunal papers continues.

Officers with the Surfside Police Department were called to the country successful notation to a antheral "with a drill charging astatine radical connected the beach." When they got there, they saw the fishy sitting connected a formation seat with a drill "with a ample soil digging spot attached to it."

The brushwood was captured connected an officer's assemblage camera and shared by section independent outlet WPLG.

Officers raised their Tasers to Levi and ordered him to enactment his hands up and get connected the ground. He was handcuffed and arrested, but not earlier helium allegedly drilled into a formation chair, causing astir $500 successful damages.

Officers observed the drill, which is respective feet agelong with its attachment.

Levi had been arrested astatine the formation before, the TV presumption reported. In 2023, officers arrested him for allegedly trying to bargain a pitchy skis portion naked. The lawsuit was aboriginal dropped.