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ARI: THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY LEFT THE COUNTY JAIL EARLIER TODAY, RELEASED AFTER POSTING THE BOND. PART OF THE BOND REQUIRES HIM NOT TO TRY TO CONTACT THE THREE MEN HE IS ACCUSED OF THREATENING TO KILL. A PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IN COURT, CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. THIS IS DEPUTY JERALD ALDERMAN MAKING HIS FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE A JUDGE FRIDAY MORNING. AND, THIS IS DEPUTY ALDERMAN LAST WEEKEND. >> GET THE -- OUT OF HERE NOW. ARI: POLICE SAY ALDERMAN WAS DRUNK IN DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH WHEN HE THREATENED THREE MEN WITH A GUN. >> WE SMELLED LIQUOR COMING FROM HIS BREATH. A STRONG SCENT OF LIQUOR. >> I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? >> WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? >> GET THE -- OUT OF HERE NOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> THAT’S WHEN HE UNHOLSTERED HIS FIREARM AGAIN AND TAPPED IT ON MY DOOR, SAYING "YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN A-HOLE." ARI: THE VICTIMS SAY THEY HAD JUST PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN ALDERMAN ACCUSED THEM OF HITTING HIS CAR. THE POLICE REPORT QUOTES THE VICTIMS, SAYING ALDERMAN TOOK OUT HIS GUN AND THREATENED MULTIPLE TIMES TO KILL THE "1, 2, 3 -- COUNTED IT OUT, AND SAID HE’D PUT A BULLET IN ALL THREE OF OUR HEADS." LEKRAIG BENS SAYS THAT’S WHEN HE CAREFULLY TOOK OUT HIS PHONE AND STARTED RECORDING. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> OF COURSE, YOU WOULD FEEL THREATENED. YOU WOULD FEEL AFRAID FOR YOUR LIFE. WE COULD HAVE DIED THAT NIGHT. ARI: POLICE SAY ALDERMAN TOLD THEM THE THREE MEN WERE TRYING TO BREAK INTO CARS, SOMETHING INVESTIGATORS SAY IS NOT TRUE. >> I’M SHOOK FROM THE WHOLE SITUATION. I NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. IT’S CRAZY. ARI: AGAIN, THE DEPUTY IS NOW FREE ON BOND. HE POSTED THE $40,

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The off-duty Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy accused of threatening three men in West Palm Beach on Oct. 11th has appeared in court. Jerald S. Alderman's bond had been set at $40,000 and was ordered not to have any contact with the victims and no weapons in his possession. He will also have to undergo random drug testing. Alderman, is accused of threatening three men in a parking lot near the intersection of Banyan Boulevard and North Olive Avenue.Lekraig Bens, Cartavias Henry and Hugens Saintvil said they spent Friday evening cruising and hanging out along Clematis Street. They said they were approached by Alderman when they pulled into a parking lot around 3 a.m. "He got to my driver's door and said you guys hit my Porsche," Bens said. Bens, who was the driver, said he told Alderman he never hit a car. He said the deputy pulled out a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office badge, pointed his gun at them and yelled obscenities. Bens said Alderman holstered his gun, but pulled it out a second time. Cellphone video captured the off-duty deputy saying: "Get the (expletive) out of here. If I see you downtown here again tonight, guess what will happen?"One of the men asks the deputy, "What's going to happen?" The deputy then replies, "What do you think will happen (expletive)?" Alderman is then seen tapping his handgun on the car. Bens, 24, who is training to becoming an EMT, said he was afraid for his life. "If we had done anything, made any kind of wrong movement, made him feel any kind of way at that moment, that's why we calmly stayed and kept our composure," Bens said. Henry said he couldn't believe what he was seeing. "As he was doing this, we smelled liquor coming from his breath," Henry said. West Palm Beach police went to the scene of the incident and took statements from everyone, including the off-duty deputy. Several Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office vehicles were also at the scene. Alderman was later allowed to go home. A spokesman for the West Palm Beach Police Department said it is investigating and the state attorney's office is involved. They are also looking at footage from several surveillance cameras that were in the parking lot. Alderman is being booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm and one count of using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.