BEAUFORT, N.C. - A Newport man is accused of shooting at vehicles and houses.
It happened Sunday.
That's when Carteret County deputies arrested 47-year-old John Nesi Jr on charges of Going Armed to the Terror of the Public and related weapon violations.
Deputies say they responded to a call of a "man with a gun" that night and found that Nesi had fired several rounds from a stolen 40 caliber handgun at two homes and a passing motorists.
Relatives of Nesi were able to get confiscate the weapon from him until deputies arrived on the scene and took him into custody.
He was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $200,000 bond. Nesi was scheduled for a first court appearance on Monday.
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