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The 71-year-old man, arrested for firing a gun into the ground after confronting three girls and a boy Saturday night in the Heights, was charged with four counts of assault with a weapon Tuesday.

Lonnie Gene Badger appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court for a bond hearing before Justice of the Peace David Cater. Badger was ordered to stay away from the teens and held on a $15,000 bond.

At about 9 p.m. on Oct. 8, Badger told police he had heard a commotion outside his house on Caroline Street. He believed a woman was being harassed by several boys and went outside to help, grabbing his handgun on the way. Badger yelled at the boys and fired a shot from his 9 mm handgun into the pavement, causing the boys to scatter, according to court documents.

The group Badger thought was a gang of boys turned out to be four teenagers walking two dogs. The group told police Badger had watched them from a yard on Caroline Street before holding up a black handgun, according to court documents. Badger told them to keep moving and followed them down the street. The teens threatened to call the cops, and Badger fired one round into the ground, according to court documents.

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