Polk said that as she was conversing with the neighbor, his dog had a bowel movement on her yard. When she asked the man to dispose of the excrement, he allegedly kicked it into the pile of leaves that Polk was trying to move with the leaf blower. It was then the situation began to escalate, Polk said.

“Then he went to threaten me to the fact of saying “when I see Prince (Polk’s dog) in my yard I’m going to shoot him with my bow and arrow,” Polk said.

The threats about the bow and arrow were then allegedly turned on Polk herself.

“So at that time I called my husband. I said ‘Where are you? This fool across the street is threatening to hurt Prince and me.’ So he came and knocked on his door and he wouldn’t answer. So Brian just continued to beat on the door and he finally opened the door and Brian said ‘why are you threatening my wife and family?’ ” Polk said. “So he kept talking crazy and telling him you better get off my property. He closed the door and when he opened it up he had a machete. He came out of the house and my husband backed up.”