Overview
- Yacov Jacques Levi, 50, allegedly threatened beachgoers with a power drill at the Solimar condominiums' private beachfront in Surfside on Wednesday.
- Police say the dispute began when he was denied a resident-only beach chair, after which he tried to swing an umbrella, charged a man, and yelled "I'm going to kill you," with some witnesses reporting he stripped.
- Body camera video shows officers confronting Levi at gunpoint and with Tasers as he sat on a beach chair while ordering him to put his hands up.
- Officers report he refused commands, rolled in the sand, kicked an officer, and used a drill with a large sand auger bit to bore a hole in a beach chair, causing about $500 in damage.
- He faces attempted aggravated battery, battery on a law enforcement officer, and criminal mischief charges and is held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond; court records say he has not entered a plea.