FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 21-year-old man was arrested after Fort Lauderdale police said he threw a traffic cone at a city employee directing traffic during the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show and then struggled with officers who tried to take him into custody.
Jesus Brown, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested Friday near the 600 block of Seabreeze Boulevard, according to a Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrest affidavit.
According to the affidavit, the incident began when a city of Fort Lauderdale employee working at the boat show reported that a man wearing a dark shirt and a red backpack had thrown a large traffic cone at her, nearly striking her in the head…