BAY CITY, MI -- A year after he allegedly pulled a BB gun on a group of teens who commented on his girlfriend's looks, a Kawkawlin man is facing three felonies.

Nicholas J. McKinley, 20, on Monday, May 21, was arraigned in Bay County District Court on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. The charges are four- and five-year felonies, respectively.

McKinley had been wanted on an outstanding warrant since it was issued on June 22, 2017.

Police reports contained in court files showed the incident occurred a little after 4 p.m. on June 13, 2017. Officers responded to Veterans Memorial Park after an adult called saying his nephew had called him claiming someone in the park had pulled a gun on him while he and his friends were fishing.

Upon arrival, officers found a backpack on the sidewalk near the boat launch with a pellet or BB gun inside it. The gun lacked an orange tip on the end of its barrel, making it look like a genuine firearm, officers wrote in their reports.

Police spoke with three boys, ages 12, 13, and 14, who said they had been fishing when a man and a woman rode by on bicycles. One of the boys said something to the effect of the woman being cute, prompting the man to come back and tell them to watch what they say, the boys said.

The bicyclists pedaled off, but returned a few moments later. This time, the man pulled the BB gun on them and the boys thought it was real, they told police.

One of the boys called his adult relatives, who came to the scene and confronted the man with the BB gun. The man, identified as McKinley, initially told the adults he had no gun, then pulled his BB gun from his backpack. An adult woman reached for it and its magazine fell out, she told police.

McKinley's girlfriend told police she heard one of the boys make the comment about her being cute, but she ignored it. McKinley, however, went back to the kids, though his girlfriend said she did not hear what he said to them or see him pull a gun.

McKinley told officers he was jealous over the boy's cute comment and went back to talk to them. He and his girlfriend then pedaled on, but came back after her bike blew a tire. He said he put his hand on the BB gun's grip, but did not point it at the kids or say anything additional to them.

McKinley went on to say a woman then appeared and shoved him down. He said he took the gun out of his pack to show her it wasn't a true firearm and that he dropped the magazine to help his case.

Police released McKinley at the scene.

McKinley was lodged in the Bay County Jail on April 30, but a bonding agency posted his $10,000 bond. He voluntarily appeared for his May 21 arraignment.

McKinley is next due in court for a preliminary examination at 3:30 p.m. on June 5.