Christopher Thornton
OKLAHOMA CITY – A man was arrested after he allegedly pulled out a knife on a group of kids he accused of stealing his bicycle.
On September 19, just after 7:30 p.m., police were called to the area near I-240 and May in reference to an assault with a deadly weapon.
According to a police report, a group of kids were playing football when 47-year-old Christopher Thornton approached the group and accused them of stealing his bicycle.
The police report states the kids started to argue back and that’s when Thornton allegedly pulled a folding knife out of his pocket and opened it, approaching a 12-year-old boy.
The father of the boy arrived at the scene and Thornton allegedly approached him as well.
The father then grabbed a tire iron out of his vehicle to defend himself and that’s when police arrived.
Thornton was arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on a complaint of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
