A man told authorities he was able to narrowly escape an intoxicated, machete-wielding man Monday in Delray Beach by riding off on a lawnmower, according to a report.
Jose Rodas Flores, 27, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer. He remains in the Palm Beach County Jail without bail.
On Monday, a man doing work near the 10000 block of Atlantic Avenue, west of Delray Beach, told authorities that a person, later identified as Rodas Flores, motioned for him to come over to him. When the man made his way over on the lawnmower, Rodas Flores took a machete out of his jeans and came after him, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s arrest report. The man told authorities he watched his alleged attacker get on a bike, but fell off because he was too intoxicated. PBSO did not indicate in their report if Rodas Flores was drunk at the time.
Deputies found Rodas Flores hiding nearby at his residence in nothing but his boxers. Authorities wrote that he was uncooperative as they took him to their patrol car.
Rodas Flores does not appear to have any previous record in Palm Beach County.
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