Jordan Smith

Along with civilian motorists, the officers worked to free those trapped inside the vehicles.

As soon as the deputies approached, three of the men began yelling, “He’s got a knife! He’s got a machete,” while pointing at 38-year-old Michael Cittadino.

Law enforcement said it had received reports of a man in the north involved in criminal activity.

Gerald Lee Thornton Jr. is charged with aggravated battery after attacking neighbors with a frying pan and a lamp pole, deputies said.

The defendants reportedly told him they had destroyed the entire collection, which was enough to fill 12 moving boxes.