Staff Report

Bradley Mitchell Bergman

WARSAW — A North Webster man was arrested for allegedly pointing a firearm at a person and possessing cocaine.

Bradley Mitchell Bergman, 27, 9481 E. Backwater Road, North Webster, is charged with possession of cocaine with enhancing circumstances, a level 5 felony; pointing a firearm, a class A misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a class C misdemeanor.

On May 20, a man said he was driving on US 30, near Springhill Road in Warsaw, when an individual in a GMC Sierra pointed a gun at him. A Warsaw Police officer spoke with the man about the incident.

According to court documents, the man said he was traveling in the right lane of US 30 to pass the GMC Sierra in the left lane. A police officer was conducting a traffic stop on the road’s shoulder at the time.

The GMC’s driver, later identified as Bergman, yelled at the man because he did not move over for the traffic stop. When the man yelled back at him, Bergman then allegedly pointed a handgun at the man and told him to pull over. The man said he retrieved his firearm and placed it on his vehicle’s dashboard.

A Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office deputy located the GMC at a Warsaw restaurant. Warsaw officers then spoke with Bergman, who said he did not point a firearm at anyone. He told officers he yelled at the man to respect the cops and get behind him. Bergman said the man pointed a firearm at him.

Officers searched Bergman’s vehicle and found a handgun in the vehicle’s front passenger seat. Bergman told officers he was not armed with a gun during the road rage incident but went home and armed himself after it happened.

A K9 unit also alerted to drugs in Bergman’s vehicle, and officers found cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Bergman has already been arrested and released on bond.