Denton police charged an elderly man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Thursday morning after he allegedly struck a city water department employee with his car.

The city employee told officers that he was working with other employees at the corner of Hinkle and Amherst streets just before 10 a.m. The repair project was set up behind cones and warning signs, he said.

He saw a car exit a parking lot and head toward the repair area. He began signaling the driver to stop and back up, he said. The driver signaled back at him but continued to come toward him, according to the report.

The employee said he moved to the other lane and continued to try to signal the driver to stop. Instead, the driver accelerated toward him. The employee said just as the car was about to strike his legs, he jumped onto the hood. Then he rolled off and fell to the street. The car left the scene.

Employees wrote down the car’s description and its license plate number, as well as descriptions of the elderly couple inside the car.

Officers who ran a computer check went to the listed address. There was no car there but they spotted it parked at a store across the street with the male driver inside. The woman was inside the store.

The man was argumentative and uncooperative, according to the report. He said his car was stopped and the worker jumped on the hood for no reason.

Another officer talked to the woman inside the store. She said her husband was frustrated because he wanted to drive down the street and was prevented from doing so. She said he “ran over” the worker because of his aggravation.

He has “anger issues,” the man’s wife said.

Other reports

2300 block of Mercedes Street — A man told police Thursday that he came home from work about 7:45 p.m. and found that someone had entered his house through a pet door and burglarized it.

He said the burglar used a plastic trash receptacle to carry out the property, which included half a dozen bottles of wine, a Wii game console and a game controller. Also missing were three loaded AR15 rifle magazines, a new, unfired AR15 rifle with a 30-round magazine, an extension cord and a sheath knife.

The intruder left behind several other rifles, according to the report.

1600 block of Myrtle Street — A woman reported that she has been receiving calls from a man with a Middle Eastern accent claiming that she owes $300 for magazine subscriptions. On Thursday, she said, she received a call from a woman with an Indian accent who wanted her bank account information. She refused.

The caller wanted her to meet her at a Western Union office to discuss a bill she supposedly owed. The woman told her no and called police.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday:

* Denton police handled 286 service and officer-initiated calls, including two vehicle burglaries, two reports of credit card abuse, one deceased person, four assaults, one case of possession of marijuana, one case of failure to identify as a fugitive, seven thefts, eight burglaries, four frauds, one sexual assault, one runaway, one missing person, one forgery, one case of tampering with a government record, one report of graffiti and one case of criminal mischief.

* Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 240 service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. Twenty-eight people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of one child custody issue, one theft, one credit card abuse and one identity theft.

* Denton firefighters re­sponded to nine medical calls, one traffic accident, one re­quest to assist an invalid, one electric malfunction, two smoke investigations, one request for public assistance and one steam investigation.

Aubrey firefighters responded to two traffic accidents and one request to assist a citizen.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to one request to unlock a vehicle and one request for mutual aid.

Lake Cities firefighters responded to two traffic accidents, one request to unlock a vehicle and two alarms.

Sanger firefighters responded to one smoke investigation, two medical calls, one traffic accident and one request to assist a citizen.

Argyle firefighters responded to one medical call and two alarms.

Krum firefighters responded to one traffic accident.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com.

Denton County Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in these or other crimes. Callers will remain anonymous. Call 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). Reach the Denton police narcotics tip line at 940-565-5801.