Accused of making threats with machete

Monday, June 16, 2008

A truck driver and his passenger were arrested with a cache of machetes on Saturday after they drove over a man's basketball pole and then threatened him with one of the weapons, police reports said.

Blas Moreno, 19, and Alex J. Bonilla, 27, both of Van Nostrand Street, were arrested and charged with weapons possession, reports said.

A Van Horne Street resident told police that a delivery truck ran over the basketball pole in front of his house and when he went up to the driver's door, Bonilla waved a two-foot machete at him through the window.

Police said they found four two-foot machetes in the truck, as well as a one-foot meat cleaver.

CHARLES HACK