Police: Arm-wrestling loss sets off Fla. man
Updated at 06:33 AM today
FORT PIERCE, FL -- Police in South Florida say a 25-year-old man went into a violent rage after losing an arm-wrestling match.
Police say Erick Lee Blanton drove his pickup truck across a lawn, over a mailbox and at several people after losing on Sunday. Witnesses told Fort Pierce police he also drew a rifle and pressed the barrel against the forehead of the man who beat him.Police arrested Blanton at his home shortly afterward. He faces four counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
It could not be immediately determined if Blanton has an attorney.
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