A subdivision developer, Herbert Hein, 47, of Silver Springs, Florida, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly drove a tractor toward a resident during a heated dispute. Resident Dwight Sessions, 45, approached Hein that evening complaining about the lack of water and wastewater services following Hurricane Jeanne. Hein, who is also president of the community's property owners association and its water and wastewater utility company, was in front of his home revving the engine of the tractor at the time.

Sessions said he went outside and a shouting match followed between the two. He said, Hein then drove the tractor at him and he had to dive out of the way. Sessions said he then retrieved a baseball bat to protect himself. He threw the bat at the oncoming tractor, he said, and Hein then dismounted, picked up the bat and started walking toward him. Hein then left on the tractor with the bat, according to a Sheriff's report.

Hein denied the allegations. He said, "Sessions came outside and threatened him with the baseball bat while he was driving by Sessions' home on the tractor after working to try and restore on the community's sewer service." He continued, "Mr. Sessions came out of the house and chased me down the street with a baseball bat and I can't outrun him so I turned the tractor (toward him)".

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