Legal Juice
If you have issues with your neighbor, take them up with your neighbor (and do it in a civilized way!) Leave the lawn guy alone! Unfortunately it did not go down that way, as reported at mysuncoast.com (WWSB):
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, deputies met with the victim, the owner of a lawn service business, at a residence in the 6400 block of Thorman Road around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The victim told deputies he was hired to mow the lawn at the residence and was in the process of doing so, when 71-year-old Patrick Botelho approached him.
Yes, Mr. Botelho has anger issues, hates his neighbor, or both.
The victim said that Botelho asked him why he wasn’t trimming the weeds from the flower beds. The man said he was not hired to do so, that the home owners had contracted with him to only trim the lawn. Botelho told the victim that the weeds were getting into his lawn and told the victim he had better trim the flower beds.
Or else what? Well …
When the victim declined, Botelho allegedly tried to pull the victim off the mower and grabbed him around the neck, choking him so that he was gasping for breath. Another worker who was nearby trimming around the house saw what was happening and ran toward the two. At that point, Botelho released the victim and went back to his own house
Botelho was arrested and transported to the Charlotte County Jail. He was being held on a $2,500 bond.
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