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Former Pelham Police Chief Edward B. Fleury

(Michael S. Gordon)

NORTHAMPTON - A Hampshire County grand jury has indicted former Pelham Police Chief Edward Fleury of assault with a dangerous weapon and 22 counts of improper storage of large capacity firearms.

The indictments, which were handed down Tuesday, say that Fleury assaulted Peter Teraspulsky in Belchertown on Aug. 2. In September, the former police chief was arraigned in Eastern Hampshire District Court for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at his friend outside a Belchertown bar. Teraspulsky told police he saw a red laser coming from the gun and thought, "What a stupid thing to do, Ed." Fleury had been drinking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars bar, police said.

Fleury, 57, resigned as chief in 2008 after an 8-year-old boy fatally shot himself at a Westfield gun show he sponsored. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the incident but a jury found him not guilty.

After his arraignment in September on the assault charge, Fleury was ordered to surrender all his firearms. The 22 guns that were not properly stored include an Uzi, a Beretta and other semi-automatic weapons. Teraspulsky told the police the gun pointed at him appeared to be a .40-caliber Glock.