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Man arrested for aggressively following three women from a Cape Coral bar

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Man arrested for aggressively following three women from a Cape Coral bar
Man arrested for aggressively following three women from a Cape Coral bar

53-year-old Henry Lesniak, Jr. of Nashua, New Hampshire is charged with 4 counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, his truck.

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LIVE IN FMRLF4IYC.THREE WOMEN YELL FOR HELP AS AMAN FOLLOWED THEM OUT OF A CAPECORAL BAR.TONIGHT - POLICE SAY A MAN WHOFIRED A GUN IN DOWNTOWN CAPECORAL IS ACTUALLY A HERO!

THEYTELL US HE PROTECTED THREE WOMENFROM THE MAN WHO WAS FOLLOWINGTHEM...WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU THISBREAKING STORY ON FOX FOURMORNING NEWS...FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ JOINS USFROM DOWNTOWN CAPE CORAL WHERETHIS BIZARRE INCIDENT UNFOLDED.IT WAS RIGHT IN THIS AREA OF SE47TH TERRACE -- POLICE SAY THATMAN WHO PROTECTED THE THREEWOMEN HELD THE MAN WHO WASFOLLOWING THEM AT GUNPOINT UNTILPOLICE ARRIVED AND ARRESTEHIM...IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHTTHURSDAYPOLICE SAY THE THREE WOMENDECIDED TO LEAVE RUSTY’S BARWHEN THIS MAN -- 53-YEAR OLDHENRY LESNIAK BEGAN ACTINGSTRANGELY TOWARDS THEM... BUT ASTHEY LEFT, LESNIAK FOLLOWEDTHEM... CAUSING THE WOMEN TOYELL FOR HELP...SOT(CORPORAL PHILIP MULLEN, CAPECORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT:"It was enough to concern themto the point that they areyelling in the street andgetting a passerby’s attention."THAT PASSERBY WAS THE MANDRIVING THIS WHITE PICKUP TRUCKHE STOPPED AND LET THE THREEWOMEN IN HIS TRUCK...BUT AS THE WOMEN WERE GETTINGIN, LESNIAK WALKED UP TO THEDRIVER... AND IN AN ATTEMPT TOMAKE LESNIAK BACK OFF, THEDRIVER SHOWED LESNIAK A GUN...POLICE SAY LESNIAK WALKED AWAYLAUGHING AND SMILING BEFOREGETTING INTO HIS OWN RED PICKUPTRUCK...SOT (CORPORAL PHILIP MULLEN,CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT:"He drove past this person inthe white pick up who now hadthe three women with him, passedhim and then backed into himthree times, ramming him threetimes."THOSE CRASHES WERE POWERFULENOUGH TO MAKE THE TWO BUMPERSMESH TOGETHERSOT (CORPORAL PHILIP MULLEN,CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT:"Once he rammed the truck, thedriver of the white pickup whowas armed and had displayed hisfirearm already in an attempt tomake Mr. Lasniak go away endedup firing several rounds intthe tailgate of Mr. Lasniakstruck in an attempt to get himto stop his aggressive actions."OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO ARRESTLENIAK AT THE SCENE THANKS TOTHE ACTIONS OF THE DRIVER OF THEWHITE PICKUP TRUCK...SOT (CORPORAL PHILIP MULLEN,CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT:"After he fired into thetailgate, Mr. Leniak got out ofhis truck, so did the otherdriver and held him atgunpoint."CAPE CORAL RESIDENT -- KEVINDILUIGI SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED TOHEAR THIS HAPPENED IN THISAREA...SOT (KEVIN DILUIGI, CAPE CORALRESIDENT):"SHOCKED!

Cape Coral is a pileof older well-behaved people,this is totally outcharacter."LL TAG:THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THISINCIDENT... INJURIES FROM THISINCIDENT... HOWEVER, LESNIAK ISBEHIND BARS TONIGHT CHARGEDWITH 4 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATEDASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON--THAT DEADLY WEAPON BEI

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