Police said the man had a blood alcohol content of .169.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Sandusky police arrested and charged an 18-year-old man with ethnic intimidation, among other charges on Wednesday, according to department officials.
Police said the man, identified as Avery Guseman, pointed a shotgun at a couple after shouting racial slurs, according to the incident report. One of the victims told police Guseman was banging on their mailbox and yelling at her fiancé near a house in the 3000 block of Venice Road, the incident report said. Officers were advised there was a gun involved while heading to the home.
Police were informed by the second victim he heard a banging sound outside of his home and saw Guseman banging on the mailbox, the report said. The man told officers Guseman called him a racial slur before telling him to get out of the neighborhood.Guseman, who admitted to smoking marijuana prior to the incident, told police he heard a ‘pistol being cocked’ by the man after he was accused of damaging the couple’s mailbox. He then said he went inside his home to get a shotgun, the report said.
Police arrested Guseman after hearing the three similar accounts, seeing the damaged mailbox and after Guseman confessed to pointing a shotgun at the couple, the report said. Officers also found the shotgun inside the door of the home, which was ready to be fired.Having weapons while under disability, a fifth-degree felonyAggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanorThis story is ongoing and will be updated as more information is received.
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