Stick-Swinging Stranger Charged After Threatening Elderly Man In Haines City Yard

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 51-year-old man is facing felony charges after authorities say he cornered a senior citizen with a stick at a Haines City mobile home park on Monday.

Polk County deputies were dispatched to the Williams Mobile Home Park, located off US 17/92, around 5 p.m. following a distress call from a resident. The 71-year-old victim told investigators he was standing in his yard when a stranger began advancing toward him.

According to the report, the man was yelling and swinging a stick in a “threatening manner” as he approached the victim…

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