West Palm Beach, Florida (The Weekly Vice) -- Russell Adam Lechler, a 44-year-old Palm Beach, Florida man has been arrested on multiple charges Thursday after allegedly beating his girlfriend, threatening her with a butcher knife and then robbing a man using the same butcher knife.
According to Palm Beach authorities, Lechler came home in the early morning hours on October 3, armed with a large butcher knife.
Investigators say he entered the residence and attacked his girlfriend, Jodie Chandler, a woman he had began dating about a week earlier.
Lechler allegedly punched the 37-year-old woman in the face several times and then pointed the knife into her chest, threatening to kill her if she contacted police.
Another man inside the dwelling, Armando A. Ruiz, heard the commotion and confronted Lechler, according to the arrest affidavit. Lechler pushed Ruiz to the ground, poked him in the chest and demanded money, according to the report. Ruiz told police Lechler threatened to kill him if called police as well.
Ruiz reportedly complied and gave Lechler $30.
Authorities investigated the allegations and obtained a warrant for Lechler's arrest on Monday, however it was Wednesday before Lechler was arrested.
He has now been chrged with aggravated batter with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery with a firearm/deadly weapon.
He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on $45,000 bail. $15,000 for each offense.
Danny Vice
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