Lawnmower repo gone wrong

A lawnmower, a knife and a 73-year-old man down by the Dollar General. What could go wrong?

Macomb, IL – When McDonough County Sheriff’s Deputies received the call about a man threatening someone with a knife south of the Dollar General in Colchester, they probably had no idea the mess they were about to walk into.

It was about 4:46 pm when the McDonough County Communications Center received a call stating that someone was threatening an individual with a knife. The caller also advised that a vehicle and a lawn mower were both damaged and stuck in a ditch.

Responding deputies quickly discovered that a zero-turn lawn mower had been repossessed from a property in the rural Colchester area. The repossessor was driving the lawn mower in the direction of Colchester when he was met by 73-year-old Larry E. Yetter, who was not too keen on them taking his riding mower and promptly rammed it with his car.

Both the car and the lawnmower were damaged and became stuck on the side of the road.

The unnamed repossessor pulled a knife in self-defense afterward but no one was injured with the knife.

Yetter was arrested and charged with aggravated battery. Yetter was taken to the McDonough County Jail pending bond.

The repossession agent refused medical attention at the scene.

Source: McDonough Voice