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Swap Shop owner Preston Henn was arrested and booked into jail Sunday night on charges related to a May 20 altercation between Henn and BSO deputies, an incident that began when Henn tried to evict one of his longtime tenants. The arrest came the same day that Henn returned from Las Vegas and went back to running the flea market, which is near Fort Lauderdale. ''He's going to spend the night in jail. I'm going to try to get him out of jail in the morning,'' said Henn's attorney, Bruce Rogow. ``Getting him out of jail is the No. 1...

Swap Shop vendors on Saturday were still amazed and confused by the violent events that put Preston Henn in the hospital under the Baker Act. Henn, 74, was carted away in a BSO squad car after witnesses said he attacked Swap Shop vendor Joel Leibovitch, bowled over a BSO District Chief and kicked out a window in the car after deputies used a Taser to subdue him. Leibovitch and others said Henn grew more violent as the day progressed.''I was victimized, brutalized and humiliated,'' said Leibovitch, 40, a longtime tenant at the Swap Shop.Henn's attorney, William Scherer, said his client...