Sour car deal results in felony intimidation arrest

A Birdseye man was arrested after car sale disagreement allegedly led to intimidation with a knife Saturday afternoon.

Huntingburg officers responded to 511 N. Washington St. at 3:58 p.m. in reference to an act of intimidation with a deadly weapon.

According to police, Ramon Segura, 45, of W. Poplar St., Birdseye, told them Tony T. N. Laws, 20, of E. State Road 64, Birdseye, had come at him with a knife then tossed it in the back yard prior to officers’ arrival.

Officers located the knife in the yard during the investigation. Police said that Laws admitted to having it but denied Segura’s claims.

Police arrested Laws on a Level 5 felony count of intimidation with a deadly weapon.

A witness at the scene told police Laws had been operating the motor vehicle involved in the incident. Based on this, police charged him with an additional count of misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle while never having been licensed since records indicated Laws had never been issued a drivers license.

Police booked Laws into the Dubois County Security Center.