Man Chased Guard Through Parking Lot With Hunting Knife: NCPD

A Deer Park man was arrested in Massapequa Sunday morning after police say he chased a security guard through a parking lot with a large knife.

According to police, John Harvey, 38, of Washington Avenue, Deer Park, got into an argument with another driver over a parking space at the Shop Rite parking lot, located at 5500 Sunrise Highway in Massapequa. A Shop Rite security guard saw the argument and attempted to stop it. The argument escalated, and police say Harvey ran back to his car and pulled a large hunting knife out of it, and then chased the security guard through the parking lot.

Police say that the guard dropped his backpack while running away, and Harvey picked it up, took it back to his car and drove off.

Officers, who were called when the argument first started, responded to the scene and located Harvey in the parking lot. They placed Harvey under arrest. Harvey had thrown the backpack away in the parking lot, police say, and it was recovered.

Harvey is charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He is scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Hempstead on Monday.