Caught on Camera

Video Shows Man Allegedly Threatening Someone With Knife at Kendall Gym

Lenin Sanchez, 57, was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Miami-Dade jail records showed

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A man was arrested after he was caught on camera allegedly threatening someone with a knife at a Kendall gym, police said.

Lenin Sanchez, 57, was arrested Monday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Miami-Dade jail records showed.

Cellphone footage obtained by "Only in Dade" showed the incident at an LA Fitness on Southwest 124th Avenue.

A man, later identified as Sanchez, can be seen arguing with a gym member, police said.

Lenin Sanchez
Miami-Dade Corrections
Lenin Sanchez

In the video, someone can be heard saying that the man pulled the knife after being told to stop checking out someone else's girlfriend.

“The boyfriend told him respectfully to please stop looking, and he said he can look at whatever he wants," 15-year-old Daniel Morgado told NBC 6.

The teen was at the gym at the time of the confrontation. He also shared videos he took.

“He claimed that he said to have a bit of respect. And that’s when he started yelling and took out the knife on him," Morgado said.

After the knife came out, Morgado said the couple went outside, and Sanchez followed them out the door, looking for a fight. But at this point, the teen said the boyfriend grabbed a weapon, too.

“That’s when the boyfriend took out the gun, and that’s when he got scared, and that’s when he just walked off, and that’s when the cops got there," he said.

Morgado says he trains at the gym often, but he’s never seen anything like this.

“It was shocking, seriously, he said. "That guy was like 50 years old, staring at like a 20-something-year-old girl.”

Sanchez was booked into jail and being held on $5,000 bond Tuesday, records showed. A judge ordered him to stay away from the victims. Attorney information wasn't available.

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