Man faces felony charge over alleged road rage punch in Broward

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested John Almonacid on Saturday in Weston.

WESTON, Fla. — A teenager who was driving a Genesis recently accused a 56-year-old man who was driving an Alfa Romeo of a road rage attack in Broward County, records show.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested John Almonacid on Saturday in Weston, according to a BSO deputy’s arrest report.

Almonacid got out of his car near Bonaventure and Royal Palm Boulevard, walked up to the teen’s car, and “punched him on the right side of his face with a closed fist,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

The teen had allegedly “honked his horn” and a witness’s video showed him and another teen getting out of the Genesis, “and motioning to Almonacid,” a deputy wrote, according to the report.

Almonacid faced a charge of burglary with an assault, a first-degree felony. His bond was $20,000.

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