{"id":363096,"date":"2026-08-05T04:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363096\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T04:28:09","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-knife-threat-against-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363096\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of knife threat against children"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Fort Myers man accused of threatening children with knife outside Cape Coral shopping plaza<\/p>\n

\"Muhammad<\/a>CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

A North Fort Myers man was arrested Thursday after police said he reportedly threatened two children with a knife outside a Hobby Lobby on Del Prado Boulevard South. <\/p>\n

According to a Cape Coral Police Department arrest report, officers responded around 2:50 p.m. on July 30 to the shopping plaza for a disturbance involving a weapon. <\/p>\n

Police said the two told officers they had stopped their e-bike near the Hobby Lobby entrance to look at their phone when a man approached them. According to the report, the man reportedly pulled a folding knife with a black handle and silver blade from a fanny pack, opened it, and asked, “Where are you riding to [expletive],” while walking toward them. <\/p>\n

The two told police they feared for their safety, left their e-bikes behind, and ran into the Hobby Lobby, where other adults were present. <\/p>\n

Officers later located a man matching the description in front of a nearby Chipotle restaurant. Police identified him as Jason Bourque and said he was reportedly carrying a folding pocket knife matching the victims’ description. <\/p>\n

Investigators reviewed surveillance video from Hobby Lobby that showed the children arriving on the e-bike before quickly looking over their shoulders, abandoning the bike, and running into the store. The suspect was not visible in the camera’s field of view, according to the report. <\/p>\n

Police said each of the children separately identified Bourque during a show-up identification with “100% certainty.” <\/p>\n

Officers seized the folding knife as evidence. Bourque was arrested and is facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. <\/p>\n

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