24-year-old Vero Beach man accused of threatening fence builder with machete

VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A fencing job reportedly turned tense Wednesday when a man threatened a worker with a machete in a Vero Beach backyard confrontation.

Deputies with the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office say they responded to a report of an “improper exhibition” of a machete in the backyard of a residence on Wednesday morning.

When deputies arrived, they spoke with the victim, who said he had been hired by the homeowner to perform fencing work at the property…

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