A local landlord is accused of throwing a sledge hammer through his tenants’ window with their child inside, according to the Ocala Police Department.Richard Parsons, 50, was arrested at the home on Northeast 9 Avenue in Ocala on Sunday.The victims said Parsons barged into the home with a sledge hammer, demanded rent and called the wife, who was nude at the time, a crude name, according to Parsons' arrest affidavit. The wife was holding her child on her hip at the time.Parsons’ son, Richard Parsons Jr., told officers that his father threw the sledge hammer at the window as he pulled him out of the home.No injuries were reported.Most watched: 'Hero mom' from Illinois honored for saving boy's lifeParsons later told police he was wrong and that he overreacted, according to his arrest affidavit. He was booked at the Marion County Jail on $15,000 bond.Related: Florida mug shots

A local landlord is accused of throwing a sledge hammer through his tenants’ window with their child inside, according to the Ocala Police Department.

Richard Parsons, 50, was arrested at the home on Northeast 9 Avenue in Ocala on Sunday.


The victims said Parsons barged into the home with a sledge hammer, demanded rent and called the wife, who was nude at the time, a crude name, according to Parsons' arrest affidavit. The wife was holding her child on her hip at the time.

Parsons’ son, Richard Parsons Jr., told officers that his father threw the sledge hammer at the window as he pulled him out of the home.

No injuries were reported.

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Parsons later told police he was wrong and that he overreacted, according to his arrest affidavit. He was booked at the Marion County Jail on $15,000 bond.

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