A Florida teen was arrested after allegedly wielding a machete outside a polling station in Florida in an attempt to intimidate voters.
Caleb James Williams, 18, was arrested and charged with improper exhibition of a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older.
Neptune Beach Police Chief Michael J. Key, in a press conference, shared that Williams “brandished a machete in an aggressive, threatening posture over his head” at two older women.
Accompanied with Williams were seven other teens under the age of 18, who were outside the Beaches Branch Library protesting and allegedly antagonizing Democrat voters.
Duval County Democratic Party Chair Daniel Henry claimed Williams and the other teens were Trump supporters and were targeting individuals holding signs in support of Kamala Harris.
Per ABC News:
An 18-year-old was arrested outside a Florida polling location Tuesday after police said he wielded a machete in order to intimidate voters.
Caleb James Williams faces charges of aggravated assaulted on a person 65 years of age or older and improper exhibition of a firearm or dangerous weapon.
In a press conference after the arrest, Neptune Beach Police Chief Michael J. Key said Williams “brandished a machete in an aggressive, threatening posture over his head” at two women, ages 71 and 54.
Williams was accompanied by seven other male teens, ages 16 and 17, who police said went to the Beaches Branch Library “to protest and antagonize the opposing political side.”
Jerry Holland, the Duval County supervisor of elections, shared, “This is a safe location to vote. It was a safe location to vote today before this incident, and it will continue to remain a safe location to vote.”
The other teens who accompanied Williams were not charged because their actions did not cross “the criminal threshold.”
