ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A man identified as Koas Born Free is no longer free.

Free was arrested Dec. 1 and jailed after an incident in the 3400 block of South U.S. 1, an affidavit states.

A St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputy reported seeing a person on the ground at South U.S. 1 and Farmers Market Road and also saw a bottle of beer.

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“The suspect refused to give him a name and then identified himself as ‘Koas Born Free’ of the Born Free Nation and started to call him Lucifer,” the affidavit states.

The deputy, whose name is not Lucifer but Randy Tucker, reported Free started to get aggressive, raising his hand with a clenched fist. Free pulled away from Tucker.

Tucker used pepper spray on Free, but it wasn’t effective. They wound up “going in circles around the parking lot.”

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The deputy pushed Free toward a fence, which gave way. The deputy reported Free started punching and choking him before an off-duty deputy and another person tackled Free.

Free said the deputy woke him up and started the altercation. Free denied punching the deputy.

Free, whose listed address is “none,” was arrested on a felony battery on a law enforcement officer charge and was stripped of his freedom by being hauled to the St. Lucie County Jail.

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