CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged Landon Lamar Blair, 38, of 3650 Grady Johnson Road, Crestview, with assault with intent to commit a felony, burglary, and criminal mischief.
According to the sheriff's office report, a deputy responded to a disturbance in progress call Wednesday and saw Blair entering his home.
The deputy spoke with his neighbor, who said she woke around 6:20 a.m. to the sound of breaking glass and found her living room window broken. The sheriff's office press release states, "Blair was walking away and told her he was going to come back and kill her and her children for bothering him. He then returned and threatened them again through the broken window, pulled out a knife from his boot, and stabbed around the window frame before heading to the front door and trying to pull it open.
"The victim says she had locked the door and pulled on the handle to keep it shut. She says Blair continued to yell threats and began to stab through the door with his knife. When she told him she had called law enforcement, he left and went to his home."
The deputy who responded to the call said Blair told police he remembers coming from his neighbor's house and entering his gate, but refused to answer any other questions. The officer saw a deep cut and several smaller lacerations on Blair’s arm, which multiple sutures. They also recovered an empty knife sheath attached to his belt line on the right side of his waist; and a knife with a blade consistent with the holes in the door.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview resident arrested for threatening neighbors with knife