Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Johnny Bernard Hall, 40, was arrested Sunday morning for allegedly threatening two people downtown while holding a knife; he was also booked on a sworn complaint from a previous incident in which he hit the manager of a downtown business.
At 7:08 a.m. on May 31, Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responded to a report of disorderly conduct at a donut shop in the 400 block of West University Avenue; callers said the man was acting erratically, yelling, and threatening to “kill the manager.” The arresting officer noted that he was aware of a previous incident in which Hall had allegedly pulled a knife on a customer at the same store…