Police: Florida newspaper carrier fires gun over horn-blowing...

This Florida man shouldn’t expect any tips from customers on his paper route.

According to the Brevard County Times, Stephen Wayne Naughale II was on his paper route delivering FLORIDA TODAY when he fired a shot at a resident who asked him to stop honking his horn. Naughale's honking habit had recently prompted local residents to take to social media to voice their grievances over the morning noise.

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Naughale was arrested Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the New York Daily News.

Read more at the Brevard County Times and New York Daily News.

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