Florida man threatens neighbor with sword during dispute, police say

A Florida man has been arrested after police say he threatened a neighbor with a sword during a dispute on Wednesday evening.

Cape Coral police said they responded to the 1800 block of Everest Parkway regarding a disturbance involving a weapon just before 7 p.m.

The caller said that a man, who was later identified as 41-year-old Raul Elosegui Fernandez, threatened him with a sword before fleeing the scene in a white Chevrolet pickup truck.

During the investigation it was learned that a dispute between neighbors escalated when Fernandez grabbed a tan-handled sword with a roughly 3-foot metal blue blade from his truck, raised it above his shoulder, and approached the victim while making threatening statements, police said…

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