Police arrested a man yesterday evening for allegedly driving erratically, then
threatening another motorist with a crossbow during a road rage
outburst.
According to investigators, officers responded to a Shoprite
parking lot at Frankford Avenue and Knorr Street in Mayfair for a report of a
person with a weapon around 6:30 p.m. They arrested Kenneth Butterworth, 44, of
the 3400 block of Friendship Street a short time later.
A man told them
that while he was driving west on Harbison Avenue, he saw a man, later
identified as Butterworth, at the wheel of a Dodge Stratus that was weaving in
and out of traffic. The man said he changed lanes to the left of the Dodge,
passed it and changed back to the right lane in front of the car.
The
victim told investigators that Butterworth then changed to the left lane, pulled
up beside him and pointed a crossbow at him from his window. The man called 911
and followed the Dodge to the parking lot, where he said Butterworth again
pointed the crossbow at him. He fled the area.
Arriving officers stopped
a gold Dodge Stratus about a half mile away from the parking lot on the 4000
block of Cottman Avenue. The victim met police there and positively identified
both Butterworth and the crossbow he allegedly possessed. More
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