Police: Bar patron pulls pistol after shown the door

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Andrew Riehle asked 31-year-old Stanley Irwin Rupp III to leave his bar early Friday, then escorted Rupp to the door, where police say Rupp pulled a gun.

Riehle confronted Rupp about taking napkins from his bar and grill at 13th and Union streets, and Rupp got angry, according to the probable cause affidavit. That's when Riehle asked Rupp to leave, and escorted him to the door.

Once outside, Rupp turned around and tried to come back inside the bar, but Riehle blocked his way, according to the affidavit. That's when Rupp pulled a pistol and pointed it at Riehle, according to the affidavit.

Rupp then left, and while police investigated the dust up at the tavern, he called police from his rural Lafayette home and said he would not put up a fight when they came for him, which they did, according to the affidavit.

Rupp said he drew the pistol after Riehle pushed him, according to the affidavit.

On Friday afternoon, police charged Rupp with intimidation, criminal recklessness and pointing a firearm.

On Friday afternoon, he remained incarcerated at the Tippecanoe County Jail in lieu of bond, according to online jail records.