Road rage incident leads to arrest for threatening man with machete
Staff report
Update: Charges in this case were dropped on November 30, 2023.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Alan Richard Boyce, 42, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly following a man after a road rage incident and then threatening him with a machete.
Boyce reportedly became angry at about 7:45 a.m. yesterday morning because the victim’s car blocked the entrance of The Palms of Archer for a couple of minutes. Boyce allegedly followed the other driver to his home, where Boyce got out of his car and began arguing with the victim. Boyce allegedly took a large knife or machete from his car and advanced toward the victim, saying he was going to kill him. The victim said he was in fear for his life and picked up a child’s scooter to protect himself.
A witness reportedly tried to intervene by yelling at Boyce to stop, but Boyce yelled back at the witness, “Come on, old man,” before leaving.
A few minutes later, the victim said, he drove by Boyce’s residence to take a picture of his tag to provide to law enforcement, and he said Boyce came out and became aggressive toward him, so he left without taking the picture.
A second witness reportedly told an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy that the knife held by Boyce was large and looked like a machete; the witness described the knife as being about 18 inches long. The witness said the victim did not have a knife but held up a scooter to protect himself.
Post Miranda, Boyce reportedly admitted having a knife and said the victim got out of his car first with a knife. He also reportedly said the victim later showed up at his house with more people in the car and threatened to hurt him.
Boyce has one local misdemeanor conviction and one felony conviction; he was sentenced to 12 months of probation in 2013 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Bail information is unavailable on weekends.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Once again, another idiot who’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Should use that machete on his hairdo.
I don’t understand law abiding citizens not carrying a gun don’t even need a permit now after a few of these idiots are put down the rest will begin to think about being stupid
This loser is going to hurt someone. I hope he gets some much needed jail time.
It took 10 years for the first lesson to wear off. Not as bad as most other repeat offenders around here, wonder why? 🧐🧐
He followed him to his home! He is lucky he is not in a cold morgue cubicle awaiting dissection. No room for lenient treatment; many innocents and children might be hurt. Those that returned with him should be arrested.
Yea he tried the right one this time.
No he didn’t he is still breathing the right one is the person who Carrie’s a gun and will not tolerate this BS
Oh my….This guy would have been sent to the promised land by many a fine citizen of Florida. In many a case, that would have been bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Wow a dude with some serious large knife skills. The county needs to hire him to be a butcher at their new Newberry meat processing plant. Put those skills to good use.
He would do a good job cutting the City’s budget.
He looks like a little troll. Even has the haircut.
Those tranny meds are bad news. I have notice an uptick in road rage with this group. Chip on there shoulder all the time. Should be a poster boy, it, or whatever for the Alachua County School Board.