CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – A man was arrested after brandishing what looked like a firearm in downtown Cave Junction.
The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said people reported seeing a man waving an AR-15 rifle near Taylor’s Sausage country store Thursday.
Deputies responded to the area and took the man, later identified as William Sanders, into custody at about 1:40 p.m.
Investigators found the reported AR-15 was, in fact, an airsoft rifle, a replica gun that fires plastic projectiles.
Because he was yelling and brandishing what appeared to be a gun, Sanders was charged with disorderly conduct and lodged in the Josephine County Jail.
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