Fight between landscapers ends with arrest

A Bloomfield Township fight between two landscape workers end up with an arrest for assault and battery.

On Saturday, May 2, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to the 200 Block of Glenhurst Drive for an assault and battery that just occurred. The victim, a landscaper, reported that he was trying to cut the lawn at a client’s home when he discovered a different landscapers’ tools left on the lawn, and in his way.

The victim could not locate the other landscaper and moved their tools off of the lawn, and onto the walkway.

A short time later, the other landscaper returned and got into an argument with the victim, according to the police report. After the victim and suspect verbally argued for a short time, the suspect grabbed the victim and wrestled him to the ground. The suspect punched the victim while on the ground. Eventually the two separated and while the victim was calling the police, the suspect fled the scene in a grey/silver Buick sedan.

The following day officers located the suspect driving a grey Buick sedan, in the same area that the crime took place. They attempted to make a traffic stop on the Buick but the vehicle quickly parked and the driver walked away from the vehicle on foot, police said.

The suspect was located a short time later, hiding inside of Kroger, where he was arrested for assault and battery.