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A 20-year-old Idaho man who allegedly pointed a gun at another driver during an apparent road rage incident near Missoula has been charged with a felony.

Miguel Moises Maldonado made his initial Missoula County Justice Court appearance Monday on a count of assault.

According to a court affidavit, a Montana Highway Patrol trooper was contacted by a man who said he was driving on U.S. Highway 93 north of the Wye on Sunday when a vehicle began tailgating him. The man said he put on his brakes, and the other driver, Maldonado, drove around and past him, pointing a gun toward him, his girlfriend and an 11-year-old child in the car.

The man told the trooper Maldonado then rubbed the barrel of the gun to his temple, the affidavit said.

A tribal police officer located the vehicle Maldonado was driving. In an interview with the highway patrol trooper, Maldonado allegedly said the other man had brake-checked him, and so he changed lanes, drove up next to him and pulled out his handgun. He said he had stayed next to the other car for about 30 seconds before driving off.

Maldonado said he understood why the people in the other car felt threatened by his actions, according to the affidavit.

On Monday, Justice of the Peace Landee Holloway set his bail at the $5,000 requested by prosecutors and said if Maldonado were released, he cannot possess weapons.

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