Police in Atlantic City arrested a man they say threatened to stab someone with a machete while holding two family members inside a home.
Police were called to a home in the 1200 block of Arctic Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Friday for the report of a man wiedling two machetes.
Police were told the man was threatening to stab someone and was holding two family members in the kitchen of the home.
When officers arrived, they confronted the suspect, identified by police as 23-year-old Jonathan Quintana, holding a large knife.
Officers ordered Quintana to drop the knife, but he did not comply.
An officer pulled out a Taser and once Quintana saw that, he dropped the knife and was arrested.
Investigators say Quintana threw knives at a female and stabbed and slashed the victim’s property with a knife.
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Quintana faces charges of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and criminal mischief.
