A city official in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, pumped his shotgun repeatedly in the office to tease a liberal co-worker, according to court documents.
Denis Kearbey, the city's streets superintendent, originally denied bringing the gun to the office, but later told Missouri state troopers he only meant it as a joke, authorities say. He is now facing a felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon.
A city clerk told investigators that Kearbey brought a short-barrel, pump shotgun to the office on September 12 and began waving it around.
"Mr. Kearbey pumped the shotgun multiple times and asked [the clerk] if she was scared," troopers wrote in a probable cause statement.
The woman claimed she was terrified, but she did not tell Kearbey that, troopers say.…