SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — A 71-year-old man faced a felony charge on Monday over an alleged anti-semitic road rage incident outside of a Slavic foods market in Miami-Dade County.
The 79-year-old victim told police officers Vyacheslav Mikhailov, who was in a car behind him on Friday afternoon in Sunny Isles Beach, honked “aggressively,” according to police.
During the confrontation at about 2 p.m. outside of the Matryoshka Deli Food, “the victim exited his vehicle to ask him what was the reason for his behavior,” a police officer wrote, according to the report.
“I will kill you and all Jewish people,” Mikhailov shouted, according to a police report. Adding, Mikhailov also “approached” the victim and started “pushing him in an aggressive manner.”
Sunny Isles Beach police officers arrested Mikhailov, who was born in Russia, shortly after 2:05 p.m. on Friday after trespassing at the market at 18100 Collins Ave., records showed.
Miami-Dade corrections booked Mikhailov shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Mikhailov, who has an arrest record in Sunny Isles Beach going back to 2010, appeared in Miami-Dade bond court on Saturday afternoon.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez denied Mikhailov’s bond on one count of aggravated battery on a person older than 65 years old, a first-degree felony.
The judge set Mikhailov’s bond for a misdemeanor charge of trespassing on private property after a warning at $150.
Police officers had also accused Mikhailov of driving under the influence with a suspended license, records showed.
The judge decided to allow his release on recognizance on the DUI charge. She also set his bond for a second or subsequent refusal to submit to DUI testing at $500, and knowingly driving with a suspended license at $150.
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Carlos Gamez is set to preside over the felony aggravated battery case, and Circuit Judge Lizzet Martinez was set to preside over the trespassing case.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo and Senior Assignment Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report.
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