Lawn Feud Ends In Fight With Cops

A Lakeland, Florida, man is facing charges for allegedly fighting police who tried to stop him from watering his neighbor’s parched lawn. Joseph Florence was unhappy with the appearance of his neighbor’s yard, so he took it upon himself to water it. The neighbor called police. When officers arrived and attempted to arrest Florence for trespassing, he allegedly choked and punched the officers. The police were not seriously injured, but Florence got two black eyes. Florence was arrested and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, battery to a law enforcement officer, violently resisting an officer, depriving an officer of communication and non-violently resisting an officer.