MARTIN COUNTY — What to do when you spy folks engaging in “intimate” activities in a hot tub?

Grab your gun and start shooting.

That’s what Robert Hakins, 64, is accused of Jan. 19 at an undisclosed address in Martin County, an arrest affidavit states.

A woman told Martin County sheriff’s deputies after 11 p.m. that she, Hakins and a “friend” were in a hot tub on a back patio.

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She said Hakins went inside to go to sleep, while she and the “friend” stayed in the hot tub.

The woman said she and the “friend” got “romantic” in the hot tub and that Hakins saw them.

She said Hakins started yelling. Hakins went in the home as her “friend” grabbed his stuff. She said Hakins came out with a gun and fired shots into the patio screen. She also said Hakins hit her.

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Meanwhile, Hakins told deputies he saw the two amidst a sex act and grew enraged. He said he got his gun to “scare” them, firing shots toward the south part of the property. He denied striking the woman.

The “friend” told investigators he was “being intimate in the hot tub” with the woman when Hakins threatened them. He said he ran from the home and saw Hakins come out with a gun.

He heard several “pops” as he ran.

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Deputies found two cartridge casings and two holes in the screen.

Hakins was arrested on charges of domestic battery and aggravated assault.

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