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A man is accused of assaulting his neighbors in Austin after claiming they were blocking his garage according to an arrest affidavit. Brent Grablachoff, 36, was charged with assault with injury to the elderly, a third- degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. His victims were a 65-year-old man and the man’s 68-year-old wife who said they did not know him, the affidavit said. It said the incident happened Tuesday at apartments at 9520 Spectrum Drive in a part of Austin in Williamson County . The male victim said he and his wife were packing up boxes to move to Oregon in their vehicle parked in front of their apartment building, the affidavit said. It said he saw a man — later identified as Grablachoff — pull up in a car, get out of it and start yelling at his wife about moving their vehicle. The man said that as he stepped forward to protect his wife, he saw Grablachoff try to grab the keys out of his wife’s hand but she pulled her arm away, the affidavit said. It said Gr...

A Davenport man was arrested Monday after police say he set fire to his apartment in the 400 block of East 6th Street . James Patrick Roe , 35, faces one count of first-degree arson, a Class B felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison. He is expected to appear in Scott County District Court Tuesday . At 7:16 a.m. Monday, Roe took a can of gasoline and poured it in the living room of his home and ignited it, according to an arrest affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint. A 13-year-old child was sleeping upstairs, according to the affidavit. The property is a side-by-side apartment with occupants home next door at the time of the fire, according to the affidavit.