Man threatens NC medics, firefighters with machete

The News Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Police charged a man with threatening city firefighters and Wake County emergency medical service workers with a machete Friday when they answered a call in a parking lot at 1823 Capital Blvd.

Grady Lee Smith, 55, of 1420 S. Wilmington St. in Raleigh, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, being intoxicated and disruptive and going to the terror of the people.

Details of the call, to which dispatchers sent fire department first responders and paramedics, were not available.

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