An altercation that ended with a gun being fired led to the arrest of a North Judson man last week.

According to reports, police were called to a North Judson home August 31, just after 10 p.m. Deputies were told by the occupants in the home that Jeffry Pera, 60, of North Judson, had fired a gun in the basement. Reports stated that all people inside the home were able to safely evacuate, and that nobody was hurt. 

An investigation revealed that Pera had been in a disagreement with a man that lived in the home. Pera pointed a handgun, and fired a single shot. 

Pera was arrested on preliminary felony charges of criminal recklessness and intimidation and take to the Starke County Jail. 

The case still remains under investigation.

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