DELTONA, Fla. — A 22-year-old man was arrested in Deltona on Sunday after deputies ay he threatened four children and injured his father with a hunting knife.
Volusia County deputies arrested Trevor Nieves-Gonzalez after a tense incident at a Fowler Drive home. Deputies responded to reports of him with a large hunting knife, having injured one person and threatening four children.
The situation escalated when the deputy encountered Nieves-Gonzalez’s father, who intervened to prevent a shooting by placing himself between his son and the deputy. Despite this, Nieves-Gonzalez dropped the knife, spat on a second deputy, and was subdued with a Taser.
The father was treated for injuries, including a knife wound to the head, before deputies arrived.
Nieves-Gonzalez faces multiple charges: aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated assault, four counts of child abuse, battery on an officer, and resisting with violence.
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