FORT WALTON BEACH — A man accused of taking a .38 special revolver, pointing it at a woman and pulling the trigger has been charged with aggravated assault.

Zachary Steven Sheffield, a 30-year-old South Carolina man, was also charged with battery for pushing the woman in the forehead and pinning her into a bed, leaving red handprint marks on her arms, according to his Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest reports.

The incidents happened Monday.

The woman told deputies she was afraid of the man and believed he would harm her with the firearm, the report said.

She allowed the deputies to go into her apartment and search for the firearm that he had used. They discovered it in a black bag with multiple toothbrushes that did not belong to the victim.

After Sheffield was taken into custody, he told deputies he had property inside the apartment due to him spending time with the victim, whom he described as a friend.

He was shown a group of toothbrushes and identified them as his. He could not explain why the gun would be in the same bag, the report said.

He is on probation for dealing in stolen property and was also charged with violating probation.