Tailgating VW Beetle driver points a handgun at a mom with 2 kids on I-70, police say

Vic Ryckaert | IndyStar

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A Plainfield man has been arrested after police say he pointed a gun at a mother and two children in a case of road rage on I-70.

The woman and her children, 6 and 11, were westbound on I-70 in Morgan County about 7:30 p.m. Sunday when the driver of a Volkswagen Beetle approached at a high rate of speed and began tailgating the mother as she was passing a semi, according to an Indiana State Police news release. After passing the semi, the Volkswagen driver pulled alongside the woman's SUV and pointed a gun at her.

The woman ordered her children to get down and called 911.

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The Volkswagen driver, 26-year-old Jonathon G. Wiseman, was still tailgating and harassing the woman when Indiana State Police officers Kyle Hall and James Crisp spotted the car on the highway in Putnam County, police said.

The officers stopped the Volkswagen, and police said they found two loaded handguns near the driver's area.

Wiseman was arrested on a preliminary charge of intimidation, police said.

"Wiseman did possess an Indiana handgun permit," ISP Sgt. Joe Watts said in the news release, "but this does not authorize the permittee to indiscriminately point the weapon at other citizens without just cause."

Wiseman was booked into the Putnam County Jail and released Monday after posting $1,005 bond, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.

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