Michael Braun

The News-Press

A Naples man is facing an aggravated assault charge after he was accused of pulling a gun and threatening to kill a man driving on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs.

Yoslan Jimenez, 26, was released on $10,000 bond and will be arraigned March 25.

Peter Miranda-Ramirez, 26, a front seat passenger, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and was released on $5,000 bond. He also will be arraigned March 25.

A Lee County Sheriff's Office report said a man called 911 and said Jimenez, who was allegedly driving erratically shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, cut him off while they were driving south on U.S. 41 near South Bay Drive.

The victim said Jimenez pulled close to his car after the incident and said "what are you going to do about it," pointed a handgun out the window of the car and threatened to kill him.

Remaining on the 911 call the victim told the operator that Jimenez followed him to the Bonita Beach Road intersection where he went east while Jimenez went west.

Lee County Sheriff's Office units later located the silver Infinity Q60 Jimenez was driving on Estero Boulevard.

Deputies found Jimenez with a handgun attached to his waist, a round chambered but no magazine inserted

Deputies also found a gun in the glove box, claimed by Miranda-Ramirez, a vaping device that tested positive for THC oil and marijuana on him, and an AK-47 rifle in the trunk, with a hole in the back seat allowing direct access to the rifle.

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