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ST. GEORGE — A man was arrested for aggravated assault after threatening a bystander with a knife outside a convenience store early Wednesday morning.
Shortly after 1 a.m. a man, later identified as 25-year-old Daniel John Reedy Jr., of St. George, entered Maverik – Adventure’s First Stop, located at 1880 W. Sunset Blvd., and “attempted to start a fight with the store clerk,” St. George Police officer Lona Trombley said.
Reedy entered the store unlawfully after being officially trespassed on March 27, which prohibited him from returning to the property, according to police.
A customer inside the store witnessed the altercation and saw that Reedy was holding a folded pocket knife in his hand, prompting the bystander to intercede on the clerk’s behalf by physically removing Reedy from the store.
Reedy allegedly began physically fighting with the bystander outside of the store and during the struggle attempted to open the knife he was holding. The bystander eventually was able to get Reedy to drop the knife, Trombley said.
Once the “threat was removed,” Trombley said, the passerby disengaged himself from the confrontation by reentering the store.
Minutes later, the bystander left the store and was confronted by Reedy who was holding a large outdoor ashtray that he picked up from the sidewalk outside the store.
