Man faces felony assault charges in Bluffton road rage incident Wednesday, police say
A man faces assault charges after police accused him of pulling out a gun on a woman Wednesday afternoon near Fording Island Road in Bluffton, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
Jerry Fogle, 33, of Pembroke, Georgia, was charged with first-degree assault and battery, jail records show.
Police were called after Fogle and a woman traveling on Gateway Village Road near Fording Island Road in Bluffton around 2:18 p.m., said Maj. Angela Viens, a sheriff’s office spokesperson. The woman told police that three Mustang cars were driving “erratically” and kept brake-checking her, meaning they slammed on their brakes too quickly while driving in front of her. The woman tried changing lanes to get away from the Mustang in front of her, but another Mustang, driven by Fogle, allegedly did the same thing, Viens said.
At a red light, she changed lanes again and rolled down her window to ask him what he was doing, Viens said he yelled at the woman. The woman told police she said she was going to call her boyfriend and that is when Fogle pulled out a gun. When the light turned green, the cars sped away.
Fogle was stopped by police in Hardeeville where he told them that the woman had thrown a water bottle at his car and threatened to call her boyfriend who had a gun.
As of Thursday afternoon, Fogle was still in custody at the Beaufort County Detention Center.
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