AKRON, Ohio— A 70-year-old man is accused of stabbing a 19-year-old landscaper because he got grass clippings on his truck.

John P. Fenwick is jailed on $50,000 bond after his initial appearance in Akron Municipal Court. Fenwick is charged with second-degree felonious assault.

Three landscapers, all in their teens, who mowed the lawn at an apartment building in the 400 block of Oxford Avenue sat in their truck about 5 p.m. Friday as they prepared to leave for the day.

Fenwick stormed out of the apartment yelling at the trio about grass clippings that got inside his truck.

Fenwick then stabbed the 19-year-old in his upper left arm with a large folding knife through the open truck window, according to police reports.

The trio tackled Fenwick, held him to the ground and punched him several times until he dropped the knife, police reports say. The teens then drove to a different part of the neighborhood and called police.

One of the teens with the 19-year-old said they mowed the lawn at the apartment for years and has previous problems with Fenwick and his 47-year-old girlfriend.

The girlfriend told police that Fenwick argued with the teens over the grass clippings, but that he did not stab anyone and did not have a knife, according to police reports.

She turned over a knife that police believe Fenwick used to stab man. The investigating officer said it appeared that someone wiped the knife clean, according to police.

Fenwick told police that he confronted the landscapers because they did a poor job mowing the lawn on a regular basis. He also said they ran over children's toys and got grass clippings everywhere.

Fenwick has one prior felony in Summit County. Court records say he served eight years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a family member in 1989.

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