INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 46-year-old driver who deputies said intentionally crashed into a vehicle – causing heavy damage – after an argument over stimulus money, was jailed Monday.
The driver – identified as Nakia John Sorgie – told the other motorist, his friend, “I am going to kill you,” reports show. The friend was not seriously hurt in the wreck.
Nakia John Sorgie
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Deputies arrested Sorgie, of Pine Arbor Lane, Vero Beach, on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief. Sorgie was held Thursday at the Indian River County Jail on $30,000 bond.
Indian River County deputies responded to reports of a disturbance on Saturday in the 2200 block of 5th Court Southeast. Deputies said Sorgie and his friend had gotten into a dispute a week prior over stimulus money.
Sorgie spotted his friend leaving a house on Saturday and get into a vehicle. Sorgie followed the vehicle to an area near 5th Court Southeast, reports show.
Deputies said Sorgie accelerated his vehicle rapidly, ran a stop sign and slammed into his friend’s vehicle. Sorgie then got out of his own vehicle while holding a pipe-like object.
Sorgie struck his friend’s vehicle with the object and shattered the window, leaving $1,000 in damages, reports show. The friend moved to the passenger seat and ran from the automobile.
Sorgie got back in his vehicle and drove off after he noticed a neighbor saw the altercation, reports show. Deputies found and detained Sorgie on Monday at a residence on 14th Avenue.
Sorgie was booked into the county jail. Sorgie has an arraignment at 8:45 a.m. May 21, court records show.
