Overview
- Howard Hudgens, 69, was arrested at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge on September 27 after his son and wife told deputies he threatened to kill his son with a pocketknife.
- Deputies arrived to find Hudgens outside with a bloody face and a metal bat in his back pocket, then took the pocketknife into evidence.
- Hudgens pleaded not guilty in October to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence, according to court records.
- The dispute began over loading luggage during checkout in room #7342 and escalated into a fistfight in which both father and son admitted throwing punches.
- The arrest report notes visible injuries to both men, identifies Hudgens as the aggressor, and states the wife and son intend to prosecute and will testify.