By Jason Schwartz
A Boca Raton man was arrested after he allegedly attacked his son with a knife last week, authorities said.
Angel Llera, 64, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and false imprisonment. Llera was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail, where he remained late Monday in lieu of $10,000 bond.
According to the arrest report, Llera and his son, Michael Llera, were arguing in the family’s kitchen last Thursday, when the suspect charged at his son with a knife.
Michael Llera, 31, was cut on his left hand, his index and middle fingers and received a scrape on the side of his head as he attempted to ward off his father, authorities
said.
The younger Llera told investigators that he went to the kitchen to prepare a meal and noticed the back door had been left open. He slammed the door shut and did not say anything to his father to avoid a conflict, he told investigators.
Angel Llera allegedly followed his son into the kitchen, picked up a large butcher knife, told that Michael Llera he didn’t like his attitude, backed him into a corner of the kitchen and slashed at him with the knife, according to the affidavit.
Michael Llera then grabbed a stool and pushed his father away. Angel dropped the knife and his son was able to escape to a bedroom and call 911, sheriff’s investigators said.