Over the Top: Losing Arm Wrestler Goes on Off-Road Rampage

Fort Pierce man loses strength match, targets people with truck

Erick Lee Blanton may not have been arm wrestling for custody of his son, but when the Fort Pierce man lost a match early Sunday, he did not take it well.

The 25-year-old was arrested on four counts of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly went on a violent frenzy after losing an arm wrestling bout.

Blanton drove his pickup truck over a lawn and mailbox and tried to run over several people, according to tcpalm.com.

The sore loser even pointed a rifle at the head of the man who beat him.

Blanton was arrested at his house shortly after his fit.

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