A Brighton man accused of threatening his neighbours was found by police making a bonfire of his possessions on the front lawn.
Police were called to a Brighton address at 5.30pm yesterday after a complaint the 22-year-old man had damaged his neighbours' property and broke a glass bottle at their feet.
When officers arrived the accused man was in his front yard burning a bonfire of his clothes and other possessions, Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond said.
The conflict began on Tuesday evening when the young man went to the next-door house in an agitated state and kicked their garage door, Snr Sgt Bond said.
When the neighbours went next door to find out what the issue was, a bottle was allegedly thrown at their feet.
The man was arrested and was charged twice with threatening act towards a dwelling house.
He was due to appear in Dunedin District Court this morning.
A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman said one crew from Brighton attended and extinguished the fire, which was primarily made up from a burning mattress.
‘‘We got rid of that fire, got rid of the mattress and assisted police,’’ she said.
