A former Hillsborough County sheriff's detective who pulled a handgun during a road rage incident will not face charges.



Thomas Pettis was accused of pulling a gun on a school teacher during a fracas after a crash along Interstate 4.



On Thursday, a judge ruled that Pettis, 55, was approved by the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office for its misdemeanor intervention program. In return, the judge dismissed the case.



Evan Rees, 44, the biology teacher from Sebring, said he wanted to address the judge before a decision was made but did not get the chance.



The incident started after the rear-end crash on I-4 in February.



When Pettis and Rees pulled off to the side of the road, words were exchanged and things got so heated that the two wound up on the ground fighting.



Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober said there’s no question Det. Pettis pulled his gun and pointed it at Rees, then showed his badge as he got up from the ground and pointed it at Rees for one second.



After that, Ober said Pettis then pointed his gun once again aiming it in a diagonal direction to the ground and aiming at no one.



Det. Pettis then punched Rees because he claimed he was in fear that Rees would hit his daughter who was also there at the scene.