Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Stephen Christopher Blaum, 29, was arrested last night after allegedly pointing a gun at a neighbor’s guest during a dispute over loud music.
A Gainesville Police Department officer reported that at about 11:13 p.m. on February 24, the victim was listening to music at his friend’s apartment at Hamlet Cove Apartments (3010 SW 23rd Terrace) when Blaum started banging on the door and demanding that they turn down the music. While Blaum was banging on the door, the door popped open, and Blaum reportedly began shouting directly at the victim and his friend, telling them to turn the music down. When the victim and his friend refused to turn down the music, Blaum allegedly said he was going to grab something and come back, and then he left…