Gainesville Police arrested a man early Sunday after he threatened two teenagers for walking on a cow pasture.
Officers arrested Scott Parker, 32, on charges of aggravated assault, child cruelty, false imprisonment and impersonating a police officer, according to an arrest report.
At about 1 a.m. Sunday, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy pulled over in the 5500 block of Northwest 34th Street to walk through a cow pasture, GPD spokesman Officer Ben Tobias wrote in an email.
Parker, who lives across the street, walked up to them with a loaded handgun, told them he was a deputy and ordered them to get on the ground. He took their car keys while pointing the gun at the boy, Tobias said.
While the teeenagers were on the ground, Parker walked to a nearby house and told a neighbor he had two people in custody. The neighbor called police, who then arrested Parker.
During questioning, Parker denied owning the handgun. However, officers found the handgun under a seat of Parker’s truck. Inside they also discovered a hose connected to the exhaust pipe, which could imply he had been attempting suicide before the confrontation with the teenagers, Tobias said.
Parker’s children, ages 2, 9 and 22, were home during the incident. They told police they heard their father yelling at the teenagers, Tobias said. Officers booked Parker into jail, where he remained Sunday with a $4.5 million bond.
A version of this story ran on page 8 on 10/14/2013 under the headline "Gainesville man arrested after incident in cow pasture"
