INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — An apparent spat over “a few bags of chips” may have sparked a machete confrontation and threats to cut buttocks, an arrest affidavit states.

Luis Nunez, 48, of the 2300 block of 3rd Street Southwest in Vero Beach, was arrested Jan. 24 on an aggravated assault with deadly weapon charge after the incident.

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An Indian River County Sheriff’s deputy went to Nunez’s listed address for a disturbance.

A man said Nunez “threatened him with a machete because he wasn’t listening to him,” an affidavit states.

The man said he was in the living room and Nunez “asked him to grab a hospital bed from off of the couch,” the affidavit states.

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It was not entirely clear how a hospital bed could even be on a couch.

The man said he refused and Nunez yelled and got in his face.

“Step to me again and I will cut your (buttocks) down,” Nunez is quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, Nunez told investigators he pulled a machete, a long knife common in agricultural work and horror movies.

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Nunez said the disagreement began “because he was hiding a few bags of chips under a pillow which were supposed to be for his children,” the affidavit states.

The type of chips, such as kettle style, oven baked or multigrain, wasn’t specified.

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