NEAR ORLANDO (WSVN) \u2014 A Central Florida man is accused of going on a roadside rampage after, police said, he targeted workers with his tractor.<\/p>\n
According to the Lake County Sheriff\u2019s Office, 52-year-old Johnny Paulk caused concern near Orlando on Monday night when he tried to use his tractor to ram into a roadside cruise vehicle just steps away from his property. <\/p>\n
His arrest report states he was allegedly upset and walked up to the workers about their flashing safety lights being so close. <\/p>\n
Body camera footage from deputies captures workers detailing the incident. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re on the other side of the road. He\u2019s completely on the other side,\u201d said a worker. <\/p>\n
A deputy is seen reviewing cell phone video which shows the exchange between Paulk and the workers. In the video, Paulk threatens to flip the worker\u2019s truck. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear as day right now,\u201d the deputy said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe tried to kill us,\u201d said a worker. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe ground stopped his forks,\u201d said another worker. <\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, because he went too low,\u201d said the deputy.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. He said he\u2019s going to flip on shot,\u201d said the worker. <\/p>\n
The video later shows Paulk allegedly driving his tractor toward the workers, but stopping about 15 feet away because his forks dug into the ground. <\/p>\n
Area resident and former roadside flagger Nadine Winter said safety lights are essential for protecting both workers and motorists.<\/p>\n
That bloody murderous idiot. You don\u2019t have to like them, but you do have to respect them. That is the law. This is a classy reflect of this. We\u2019re trying to help keep people safe. And it\u2019s bloody well important. That\u2019s why we have these lights like this,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Paulk was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Jail records show he was released Tuesday after posting bond.<\/p>\n
He is expected to appear in court sometime in August. <\/p>\n
Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n
\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEAR ORLANDO (WSVN) \u2014 A Central Florida man is accused of going on a roadside rampage after, police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-359378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359378","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=359378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}