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• In Port St. Lucie, Florida police responded to a report of an explosion, WPBF-TV reports.
As they arrived at the scene, Joseph Moreton, 39, began yelling at them from his backyard, then came into the front yard holding a flamethrower.
Police asked Moreton to drop the weapon, but he wouldn’t -- luckily, one officer was close enough to grab it out of his hands.
Moreton then moved inside his house and got a flashlight, which he tried to blind officers with. Law enforcement tased him, and he was taken into custody.
Moreton was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting an officer. [WPBF, 10/15/2024]