Man brandishes samurai sword during argument, police say

Steven Randall Solstad.

KEY WEST, Fla. — A Florida man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly threatened someone with a 2-foot-long samurai sword, the Key West Citizen reported.

Steven Randall Solstad, 29, of Jensen Beach, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlicensed carrying of a concealed weapon, WPLG reported.

According to the arrest report, Solstad told police he was sleeping Friday in a Key West parking lot when a man woke him up "yelling hysterically." Solstad said after the man left he noticed his cellphone, which had been charging nearby, was missing.

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According to police, Solstad chased the man and then threatened him with the sword, screaming, "I will kill you," WPLG reported.

The man fled on a bicycle and called police. He denied taking Solstad’s phone, the television station reported.

According to the arrest reported, officers found the sword in a nylon sheath attached to Solstad's bicycle, WPLG reported.

Solstad is being held on $10,000 bond at the Key West Jail, police said.