Rosenberg Police have arrested a local man on aggravated assault and unlawfully carrying a firearm charges following a road rage incident.
Officers arrested Theodore Baines, 49 of Rosenberg, after he reportedly waved a gun at motorists along U.S. Hwy. 59.
Police received a call that a man waived a handgun at other drivers while driving along Hwy 59 northbound, and then exited at FM 2218. Officer Cliff Bauder was able to quickly locate the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop at a gas station in the 26100 block of Hwy. 59.
A search of Baines’ brown Ford F-150 pickup truck revealed two open bottles of alcohol and two loaded firearms.
When asked about his reported waving of a gun at motorists, Baines told officers that he did not wave a firearm but did wave his hand with its thumb and forefinger in an “L” shape to signal other drivers not to cut him off.
Bauder, along with officers Stephen Clarke and John Delgado, took Baines into custody and charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful carrying a firearm.
Baines was taken to the Rosenberg City Jail and was later transferred to the Fort Bend County Jail.
