For years, Judge Guy Williams has sat at the bench to dispense justice. On Friday, he stood before it as a defendant.

"... How would you like to plea, guilty or not guilty?" asked Sid Harle, a judge from Bexar County who was assigned to preside over the case.

"Not guilty, your Honor," Williams replied.

Williams, 67, was indicted Friday on two second-degree felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond was set at $25,000, which jail officials said was posted by one of his attorneys.

As the proceedings continued, Williams questioned a bond condition that required he surrender his guns.

"Y'all are going to require that I give up all my firearms, even in my household?" Williams asked of the court.

"Yes sir. That's a standard condition of bond here, that's what they tell us," Harle replied.

"Well, I've had violent threats levied against me, so y'all are leaving me at home without protection," Williams said.

Harle assured him that law enforcement officers could come to his aid, if he needed it.

Williams also is required to surrender any courthouse keys and security passes.

He is accused of attempting to run another vehicle off the road and pointing a gun at its occupants in an April 28 incident.

The Corpus Christi Police Department referred the case to the Texas Rangers to avoid a conflict of interest. The Nueces County District Attorney's office referred the case to the Attorney General's office.

Before the grand jury's decision, Williams had been in court Friday morning hearing cases. Because Williams a local judge, Harle was appointed to handle the case.

On Friday afternoon, Williams appeared in 347th District Court along with his attorneys for a hearing on the assault charges.

Trial is set for March 19.

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A police log shows that a woman called 911 on April 28 and told dispatchers the driver of a Mercedes attempted to run her car off the road.

Williams has also been named in two earlier incidents, from 2013 and 2015. He hasn't been charged in those cases. Williams told the Caller-Times earlier this year he's been the "victim" in these incidents and is "a very courteous driver."

He's also said he bought the Mercedes described in the incidents after taking the bench as a reward to himself in 2011.

"People don't like a Mercedes zipping past them, I don't think," Williams told the Caller-Times in May. "Ever since I got that white Mercedes I've noticed people don't like people driving a white Mercedes."

In August, Williams stepped down as presiding judge for the local Council of District Judges, an administrative role. He hasn't publicly given a reason for that resignation.

In unrelated legal matters, he also is suing Fulton Construction and its owner, Phillip Skrobarczyk, over the 2015 incident near Mexico and Antelope streets. Williams' Mercedes allegedly hit a vehicle Skrobarczyk was driving, but Williams claims Skrobarczyk struck him.

Police reports detail a 2013 incident near La Palmera mall, where Williams is accused of striking a Jeep. Williams called police as well, reporting the Jeep struck him.

His lawyers, Terry Shamsie and Lisa Greenberg, issued a statement late Thursday ahead of the grand jury's decision, saying Williams is innocent and asked people not to rush to judgment.

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"Judge Williams is a true believer in the judicial system and is confident his name will be cleared," the statement reads.

Williams, a former Marine who received the Purple Heart, served in the Vietnam War. His lawyers' statement also mentioned he's a former federal agent.

"He has spent his life defending the Constitution of the United States and anticipates the values he risked his life for will be upheld in the courtroom and justice will he served," according to the statement.

Eric Vinson, executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, said when a judge is indicted on a felony charge, the commission has the authority to suspend the judge, with or without pay. He said that process typically takes one or two days.

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