MARTIN COUNTY — Aman was beaten over the head and had to get 40 staples after he said a Fort Pierce man attacked him for his shoes, sheriff's officials said.

Elease Oxe, 33, of the 600 block of Florida Avenue in Fort Pierce was arrested Friday night on two felony charges of battery causing bodily harm and armed robbery.

Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies said around 8:30 p.m. Friday, they got a call about a man hitting another man near the intersection of Southeast Iris Street and Southeast Dixie Highway in Stuart.

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When deputies arrived, they said they found a 34-year-old man covered in blood with two shirts wrapped around his head.

The man told deputies a shirtless man he didn't know, who was later identified as Oxe, approached him and said "let me get them shoes, you look like you got nice shoes."

The man told deputies when he ignored the statement, he was hit over the head with an unknown metal object.

The man told deputies he and Oxe fell to the ground and the man started to call for help.

Once nearby residents began to come out of their homes after hearing the man's call for help, the man said Oxe ran away.

The man was taken to Cleveland Clinic Martin Health.

Deputies said Oxe approached them covered in blood near the intersection of Southeast Kensington Street and Southeast Evergreen Avenue, and told them "you are looking for me sir, I am the one that did it."

Oxe was arrested and taken to the Martin County Jail. He has a $22,500 bond. As of Monday, he remained in jail.