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Florida man threatened landscaper with assault rifle in parking dispute, police say

Chief: ā€˜You donā€™t arm yourself with an assault rifle and threaten someone over something so trivialā€™

David H. Berry, 44 (Clearwater PD)

CLEARWATER, Fla. ā€“ Police arrested a west central Florida man accused of threatening a landscaper and his daughter with an assault rifle over a parking dispute last month.

According to a Facebook post by the Clearwater Police Department, David H. Berry, 44, got in an argument with the two over a parking dispute on the street in front of Berryā€™s home on July 7.

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Part of the confrontation was captured on video, police said.

ā€œIf the suspect had a problem with how someone was parking, he should have called the police and let us handle it,ā€ Clearwater police Chief Dan Slaughter said. ā€œYou donā€™t arm yourself with an assault rifle and threaten someone over something so trivial.ā€

Officials charged Berry with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony. His weapons had been seized by Clearwater police and the Pinellas County Sheriffā€™s Office via a risk protection order last last month.


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