A driver told police in New Jersey that a man in a blue SUV tapped on his window with a machete while both were stopped at a light.
A Beachwood man faces terroristic threats and other charges after police say he chased a driver around the Ocean County Mall with a machete during a road rage incident on Wednesday.TOMS RIVER, NJ — An Ocean County man faces several charges after an alleged road rage incident involving a machete and a chase around the parking lot of the Ocean County Mall in Toms River, authorities said.
Police were called to the mall about 6 p.m. Wednesday after a driver said a man in a blue SUV tapped on his window with a machete while both were stopped at a light on Water Street. The victim drove off and entered the mall parking lot, where he was spotted by the driver with the knife, who “gave chase through the mall parking lot,” police said in a statement.The driver with the knife drove off on Hooper Avenue and was spotted by police, who were unable to catch up to him. He later crashed his SUV in Brick Township, according to police.Austin Martinez, 29, of Beachwood, was charged with third-degree terroristic threats, two weapons offenses, and multiple traffic violations.
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