MIDDLEBOURNE — Felony charges are pending against a Bridgewater Road resident who allegedly brandished a firearm while threatening a person dressed as the Easter Bunny during an incident Wednesday afternoon.



The 49-year-old suspect was apprehended by Guernsey County sheriff’s deputies in a field a short time after the incident.



The male was initially transported to the Guernsey County Jail after a breath-analysis test at the State Highway Patrol’s Cambridge post, but was later transferred to Southeastern Med due to an elevated temperature.



A dispatch log at the sheriff’s office indicated he was dropped off at the Cambridge facility just before 3 p.m. A nursing supervisor on Thursday said there was no record of the male being treated at the hospital.



According to reports, deputies were dispatched to a Bridgewater Road location at 12:38 p.m. Wednesday after a caller reported one of two men in a pickup truck had brandished a gun while threatening an individual dressed as the Eastern Bunny.



Deputies located a camouflage-painted Dodge pickup truck parked at the edge of a field along Bridgewater Road and ordered the male occupants out of the vehicle at gunpoint. Both men reportedly refused to comply with initial orders by deputies.



An unidentified 47-year-old male passenger was the first to exit the vehicle and complied with the orders of deputies before being detained.



The driver continued to ignore commands to exit the truck, but eventually got out with his hands above his head. Deputies said once outside the truck he refused to obey orders to walk backwards to deputies.



A sheriff’s K-9 was retrieved from a cruiser and the male reportedly began complying with orders. He was checked for weapons, but none were found in his possession.



The suspect later informed deputies that he had a .22-caliber handgun in the truck. The weapon was seized as evidence. An open 12-pack of beer was also located on the front seat of the truck.



Deputies said the male had an odor of alcohol coming from his breath and he was slurring his words while talking.