Huntington man arrested after argument Costa Mesa...

Huntington man arrested after argument

Costa Mesa police arrested a 58-year-old Huntington Beach man

Monday night after he reportedly threatened another man with a knife

and slashed one of his car tires after the two men got into an

argument over a lane change, officials said.

Officials arrested Michael Charles Silverman and charged him with

misdemeanor vandalism, exhibiting a dangerous weapon, tampering with

a vehicle and making a criminal threat, said Lt. Dale Birney.

He said Silverman and the victim, a 41-year-old Costa Mesa

resident, pulled into the Orange Coast College parking lot in the

intersection of Fairview Road and Adams Avenue.

“They had a verbal altercation,” Birney said. “And then

[Silverman] pulled out a knife and threatened the victim.”

He said Silverman used the knife to puncture one of the tires on

the victim’s vehicle. Costa Mesa police and OCC security officers

responded after Silverman himself called 911, Birney said.

“After talking to a couple of witnesses and the parties involved,

officers arrested Mr. Silverman,” he said.

-- Deepa Bharath