Nicolas Xiviller<\/a>, 27, into custody on Sunday in connection with the incident, which happened on Friday.<\/p>\nAuthorities said surveillance video showed Xiviller going into Tennis Plaza, located at 2600 NW 87th Ave., just before 6:30 p.m. and \u201cselecting a racket and swinging it aggressively as to simulate striking a tennis ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile doing so, the racket becomes hung up on a metal clothing rack and (Xiviller) forcefully pulls the racket to dislodge it causing it to break,\u201d Doral police said in an arrest report, describing the video. \u201c(He) proceeds to select another racket and begins swinging it aggressively again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said a Tennis Plaza employee told him to \u201cstop misusing the equipment\u201d and tried to \u201cpeacefully escort\u201d him out of the store.<\/p>\n
Authorities said Xiviller turned around and told the worker, \u201cIf you touch me again, I\u2019ll kill you\u201d while still wielding a racket, and \u201cthen walked towards the front door of the business and purposely smashed the racquet on the floor numerous times, permanently damaging it.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the report, he told a store manager, \u201cTe voy a romper la cara\u201d \u2015 Spanish for \u201cI am going to break your face.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police said before leaving, video shows Xiviller as \u201che punches and headbutts the door forcefully before walking towards his vehicle and fleeing\u201d on Northwest 87th Avenue.<\/p>\n
All told, he caused a little less than $600 in damage, authorities said.<\/p>\n
They said they later spotted him at the Wawa at 3300 NW 87th Ave. just before midnight on Sunday and took him into custody on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and three misdemeanors, including criminal mischief.<\/p>\n
Records show Xiviller, a native of Montevideo, Uruguay, who was listed on his arrest report as homeless, was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $5,900 bond as of around noon on Monday.<\/p>\n
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