STUART — A Palm City man was arrested Monday after drunkenly threatening a former employee with a gun, according to a report from the Stuart Police Department.

Steven Gable, 52, was charged with aggravated assault and carrying a firearm while intoxicated, according to an arrest affidavit.

Gable met with a man in the 100 block of Southeast Sixth Street at about 7 p.m. Monday, according to the report. The man had worked under Gable at Gable Carpentry, 1958 S.W. Winners Drive, Palm City, about seven months prior.

The two smoked cigarettes and talked about the man quitting his job, according to the report.

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Gable said he was upset the man quit, and told him that's why he had been staring at him a lot lately. Later, Gable added that the man should take the stares as a threat, and got a gun out of his van, according to the report.

According to the report, Gable raised the gun in the air, but didn't point it at the man.

Police spokesman Jeff Kittredge said Gable had a concealed carry permit, but being intoxicated with a gun broke the state's conceal-carry laws.

Gable was taken to Martin County Jail and was released on $5,000 bail early Tuesday morning.

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