Amazon delivery driver charged with assaulting US homeowner told police he defended himself

A file photo of a man sorting parcels at the back of an Amazon delivery vehicle in Manchester, Britain. According to the criminal complaint, King told police he defended himself after the man swiped his phone from his hand. Video surveillance caught the incident and shows both men recording each other with their phones and the man trying to hit King’s phone from his hand. — Reuters

An Amazon driver is charged with assaulting a St. Paul homeowner after an argument over whether a package had been delivered turned violent.

Tre’Von Marquise King, 26, of Minneapolis, was charged Monday with felony third-degree assault in connection with Saturday afternoon’s encounter in the 900 block of Randolph Avenue, which left the 51-year-old man hospitalised with a fractured skull and broken bones around his eye.