A Florida Department of Environmental Protection employee was arrested for aggravated battery after troopers said he threw a cup of liquid at another driver during a road rage incident on I-75 in Charlotte County.
Kevin Holden was identified as the driver of a Florida DEP truck involved in the Sept. 23 incident on northbound I-75. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the call about the road rage encounter near mile marker 152.
The victim told investigators that Holden’s pickup truck was behind him with flashers on before the suspect approached in the center lane and began making obscene gestures, a police report said. Holden then threw a cup containing an unknown substance at the victim’s vehicle while both were traveling at approximately 80 mph, according to troopers. Part of the liquid entered the victim’s vehicle through the window…