A 51-year-old Florida man, Anthony Marzola, has been arrested for threatening a landscaper with a 12-inch-long dagger. Allegedly, while in a full jester costume, Marzola assaulted Brian Hanson after feeling disrupted over a lawnmower’s loudness.

As reported by the New York Post, citing an arrest affidavit, the incident occurred on Thursday, August 14. At around 2 p.m., Marzola approached Hanson while he was mowing the lawn on a St. Petersburg street, just outside Marzola’s smoke shop, Psychedelic Jester Smoke Shop.

While wearing a full jester costume, Marzola allegedly pulled the 12-inch-long dagger from his vehicle. He then approached Hanson, who was unaware of the incoming Marzola, given the lawnmower’s sound, according to the affidavit.

The “jester” then confronted Hanson while holdi

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