Man arrested for threats

A 47-year-old Marathon man who threatened to cut the tongue out of a teenage girl over his disproval of her dating choices was arrested Monday.

Antonio Solis was charged with aggravated assault and battery.

The incident was first reported to a Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer on Monday morning who then interviewed Solis later that morning.

Solis admitted that he was not happy with the 16-year-old girl’s dating choices and that on Saturday, he grabbed her by the hair, obtained a steak knife and threatened to cut her tongue out if she didn’t tell the truth about whom she was dating.

The Sheriff’s Office notified the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Solis was taken to jail.

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