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Man uses BB gun in death threat
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Jerry Bays was arrested and booked for brandishing a weapon and making criminal threats.

A 34-year-old Turlock man was arrested Wednesday morning, April 3 after allegedly brandishing what was believed to be a handgun and make threats to kill a stranger.

Ceres Police dispatchers received a call at 10:22 a.m. from someone who reported the incident the area of Hatch and Herndon roads. Officer Alex Ochoa met the victim who said a male, later identified as Jerry Bays, 34, of Turlock had brandished a “revolver” and told the victim that he was going to kill him.

Bays was located at a nearby bus stop and standing next to a garbage can. Bays told police that he didn’t have any weapons and that there was a B-B gun in the trash can. Officer Ochoa detained Jerry and retrieved a realistic-looking revolver from the trash can which was a B-B gun.

Bays was arrested and booked for brandishing a weapon and making criminal threats. He was on active parole and a parole hold was placed as well.