A St. Charles man faces criminal charges after he flashed what appeared to be a handgun at woman who lives in an apartment next to him, police said. The object turned out to be a bb gun.
David Lee Daniels, 38, of the 100 block of Cole Boulevard in St. Charles, was charged May 30 with unlawful use of a weapon and third-degree assault.
St. Charles Police said Daniels came home intoxicated and began slamming doors. When his neighbor came out to find the source of the noise, he began cursing at her and calling her names, police said.
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The names included a racial epithet that referred to the woman dating African-American men.
Police said Daniels then retrieved the bb gun, which is solid black and appeared to be a real handgun and waved it at the woman, whose 3-year-old son saw Daniels waving the gun in a threatening manner. The woman did not know the gun was a bb gun until officers told her, police said.
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Daniels posted a $20,000 bond May 31 and was released from jail.
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