{"id":255470,"date":"2026-05-02T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255470\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:49:08","slug":"florida-man-busted-for-threatening-beachgoers-with-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255470\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man busted for threatening beachgoers with drill"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is not a drill.<\/p>\n

A Florida man was arrested this week for allegedly threatening beachgoers with drill and even telling one person, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bizarre situation erupted on Wednesday when Yacov Levi wedged his way onto a private Surfside condo\u2019s beachfront property, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

Yacov Levi was allegedly threatening beachgoers with a drill. Miami Dade<\/p>\n

Levi, 50, \u201casked to sit on a beach chair,\u201d but was turned down because \u201che doesn\u2019t live here,\u201d authorities said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he allegedly \u201cbecame irate\u201d and tried to swing a beach umbrella at another person.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when he allegedly \u201cgrabbed a drill and charged\u201d at a man while raging, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill you,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses claimed they saw him \u201crunning with the drill\u201d down the stretch of waterfront, the report said.<\/p>\n

Levi allegedly told one person, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill you.\u201d NBC Local 10<\/p>\n

Levi was arrested on the beach after his alleged threats. NBC Local 10<\/p>\n

Wild bodycam footage captured<\/a> Levi\u2019s arrest, showing several officers raising Tasers at the man while he sat on the private condo\u2019s beach chairs.<\/p>\n

As officers attempted to move him, Levi rolled on the ground and kicked an officer in the legs, police said.<\/p>\n

He also allegedly used the drill \u201cwith a large sand digging bit attached to it\u201d to drive a hole into a beach chair in front of cops, causing about $500 in damage.<\/p>\n

Levi was arrested and charged with attempted aggravated\u00a0battery\u00a0and battery on a\u00a0law enforcement officer, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor criminal mischief.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not Levi\u2019s first beachfront arrest. He was busted in 2023 for allegedly trying to steal a jet ski while naked but the case was later dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is not a drill. A Florida man was arrested this week for allegedly threatening beachgoers with drill…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4864,265,28,30,3475,29,123,4278],"class_list":["post-255470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-arrests","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-man","tag-florida-news","tag-miami","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}