A Palm Bay, Florida Homeowners Association board member was arrested last month after allegedly pulling a gun on three kids fishing at a lake in his subdivision, taking their equipment and throwing the rods, reels and tackle into the woods, according to court documents. Police charged 57-year-old Kyle Patrick Tate with criminal mischief and grand theft as a result of the incident.
The responding officers spoke with three kids who were fishing on the south side of the lake in Stillwater Lakes, who said a man, later identified as Tate, walked up to them while holding a firearm and telling them to get off his property. But the property belonged to the HOA, not Tate, according to police. Still, Tate grabbed their fishing rods, reels, tackle boxes and other equipment, before throwing the equipment into the woods and damaging them.
The kids told police they estimated the fishing rods and reels to be valued at $1,900; the tackle boxes and lures inside to be valued at $150; and cast nets to be valued at $150. Tate also allegedly took a phone valued at around $1,500 from one of the kids, which has not yet been recovered, court documents say. After learning of the situation, police arrested Tate on April 14, and he was booked into the Brevard County Jail.
Tate was held on $5,000 bond – $2,500 per charge – which he later posted.
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