The Brief<\/p>\n
According to officials, property representative Ruel Tummings Sr. went to address tape placed over a doorbell camera.<\/p>\n
Officers reported that the incident escalated when Alexander allegedly retrieved a lever-action rifle from his trunk.<\/p>\n
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A confrontation between a tenant and a property representative resulted in an arrest when 44-year-old Timothy Blake Alexander allegedly attacked a man with multiple weapons, according to Melbourne Police.<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
According to officials, property representative Ruel Tummings Sr. went to address tape placed over a doorbell camera on October 2.<\/p>\n
Reports suggest that Alexander allegedly shoved and repeatedly punched Tummings Sr. inside the home before following him outside armed with a baseball bat, taking high swings at his head.<\/p>\n
Officers reported that the incident escalated when Alexander allegedly retrieved a lever-action rifle from his trunk.<\/p>\n
Officials say that Tummings Sr. allegedly grabbed a machete to defend himself, pushing the rifle barrel away and striking Alexander in the arm. Alexander then allegedly pointed the rifle at Tummings Sr.’s son as he arrived by car.<\/p>\n
Officers say that upon taking Alexander into custody, Melbourne Police discovered he was subject to an active Alabama protection order prohibiting firearm possession.<\/p>\n
According to records, Alexander was booked on $25,000 bond and faces several charges brought by the City of Melbourne Police Department:<\/p>\n
Battery on a Person 65 or Older<\/p>\n
Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon<\/p>\n
Aggravated Assault with a Firearm (2 counts)<\/p>\n
Violation of a Protection Order (Possession of a Firearm)<\/p>\n
What we don’t know<\/p>\n
It remains unclear what triggered the initial dispute over the covered doorbell camera, or if any motives were provided.<\/p>\n
Additionally, court documents do not specify the extent of Alexander’s arm injury or whether any additional witnesses were interviewed at the scene.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
This story was written based on information provided by the Melbourne Police Department on October 6, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief According to officials, property representative Ruel Tummings Sr. went to address tape placed over a doorbell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-421037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421037","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=421037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}