FORT PIERCE A 74-year-old man accused of beating another man with a wooden sword last month at a business was arrested Wednesday, according to records released Thursday.

The victim told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s investigators he went to Jose Pinera’s business behind Fred’s Grocery on June 23 to deliver some auto parts to Pinera, 74, who was there with two other men.

The victim said he saw a wooden sword and picked it up. The sword, he said, was hand carved and he was admiring the workmanship.

That’s when Pinera, of the 2300 block of Southeast Marseille Street in Port St. Lucie, reportedly got very upset and asked what the victim was doing with the sword.

Pinera snatched the sword from the victim and hit him with it in the left shoulder, police said.

An investigator noted a large yellow-and-purple bruise on the victim’s left shoulder six days later when the investigator spoke to him. The victim said he hadn’t seen a doctor because he couldn’t afford it.

The victim said he didn’t know why Pinera would hit him.

Pinera left after the victim said he was calling authorities, but was arrested Wednesday night on a battery charge at his home.

By Will Greenlee, TCPalm.com

Tags: arrest, battery, business, man, police, shoulder, sword

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