Will Greenlee

will.greenlee@tcpalm.com

HOBE SOUND — A 46-year-old man was arrested after reports he brandished “nunchucks” in a flap involving a dog and an open door, an affidavit states.

The apparent martial arts melee broke out March 7 at an address on Southeast Clairmont Place in Hobe Sound, an affidavit states.

A man identified as the victim told Martin County Sheriff’s investigators that his roommate, Thomas Webster, left the front door open.

He asked Webster to shut the door because the dog would run out, and said Webster kept him from closing the door.

The victim said he commented off handedly, “If something happens to my dog I’ll kill you.”

That, he said, is when Webster got irate, saying he’d punch the victim in the throat.

Webster also started swinging “nunchucks” in an “aggressive” way.

Nunchucks, a commonly-used term for nunchaku, are two wooden or metal sticks attached at their ends by a single short section of rope or chain. The late martial arts master Bruce Lee famously used “nunchucks” in movies including 1972’s “Fist of Fury.”

The victim said he went back inside.

Webster told deputies the victim said he’d kill Webster if something happened to the dog.

Asked whether he was in fear, Webster scoffed and said, “(Heck) no!”

Webster was arrested on an aggravated assault charge.