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A man was arrested after punching another man Saturday at a Lakewood bar.

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LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A man who punched another man and claimed to be a federal agent during a scuffle Saturday at a Lakewood bar faces criminal charges.

Police issued Christopher Kubin a misdemeanor disorderly conduct by intoxication citation for the incident that happened shortly before 3 a.m. in the 17000 block of Detroit Avenue at Game On.

The man who told police that Kubin punched him said that Kubin was in the bar and got into an argument with a female patron. He told her that he was a federal agent and that he was going to arrest her, according to the police report.

The woman threw ice at Kubin and she and her boyfriend left the bar to avoid a confrontation, the report says.

Kubin continued to claim he was a federal agent and that everyone in the bar was part of the Illuminati, the report said.

The bartender and bar patrons tried to throw Kubin out of the bar. He punched one of the men in the eye, police said. The man then punched Kubin five to seven times while pushing him out of the door, according to the police report.

Kubin fell to the ground once he was out of the bar and was held down by the men until police arrived, according to the police report.

When police spoke to Kubin he continued to claim he was a government official. Lakewood police Capt. Gary Sprague confirmed that Kubin is not a government official.

Kubin has prior arrests reckless driving and disorderly conduct by intoxication from Virginia and New York, police say.

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