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SHOTS FIRED IN LEAF BLOWER STANDOFF

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A FURIOUS Florida homeowner who couldn’t stand the sounds of an early-morning leaf blower has been arrested for threatenin­g to shoot his noisy neighbor’s pup in the face — and then turn the gun on the neighbor, according to Largo law enforcemen­t!

The investigat­ors’ crime report claims Curtis Manfred Franz, 51, fired a pistol into the air seven times before stomping from his $1.1 million home wearing a bathrobe and a black holster, storming past his koi pond, and pointing a gun directly at the quivering pooch next door.

“I’m going to shoot your f***ing dog!” cops say Franz freaked as his neighbor was blowing leaves off his roof with the high-decibel gardening tool. “If you keep using your blower I will shoot you too!”

Franz was arrested for felony aggravated assault and dischargin­g a firearm in public, a misdemeano­r. He was released after posting a $5,150 bond.

 ?? ?? Curtis Franz threatened to shoot a noisy neighbor and
his dog, cops say
Curtis Franz threatened to shoot a noisy neighbor and his dog, cops say

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