MARTIN COUNTY— A man is accused of punching another person in the face because of the person's driving techniques, according to an arrest affidavit.

Christopher Lance English, 28, of Okeechobee, was arrested Thursday after Martin County Sheriff's investigators said he punched a man he didn't know.

Deputies said a man called around 6:30 p.m.about a man, later identified as English, hitting him in the face during a road rage incident and then driving off. The incident took place at Southwest Martin Highway and Southwest Citrus Boulevard in Palm City.

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The man told deputies English was following him closely in a white truck. The man said he pressed on his brakes to create distance between the two vehicles.

Deputies said English then sped up and drove in front of the other man's car, only to stop and then block the man's car.

English got out of his truck as the other man rolled down his window. Investigators said English punched him in the face.

Using a description the man gave deputies, deputies found English driving west on Southwest Martin Highway and stopped him.

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English told deputies he got upset with the other driver because he "brake checked" him. English also told deputies when he stopped he was going to talk to the other man, but the other man started acting belligerent, so English punched him.

Deputies said English told them he had a vapor cartridge with THC oil in it inside his truck. While searching English's truck deputies said they they also found 14 grams of THC oil.

Deputies also noticed English had a blue light attached to his vehicle, which English told them he used when he was driving off-road.

English was taken to the Martin County jail on charges of burglary of an occupied conveyance with battery, unlawful use of blue lights, possession of THC oil and possession of drug paraphernalia with bail set at $261,500.

As of Friday afternoon, English remains in jail.