A convicted arsonist was arrested after threatening violence against a woman in Wildwood.
Emett David Smart, 34, was to be turned over to U.S. Marshals following his arrest this past week by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies following a domestic disturbance.
Deputies were called to a home in Wildwood after Smart, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs 280 pounds, raised his fist and threatened to hit the woman as he was running toward her, according to an arrest report. A witness heard the woman screaming “in fear.” Smart left the home, “traded insults” with the witness, and was apprehended by a deputy as he was walking on County Road 230. He was arrested on charges of simple assault and battery…