By Tony Kukulich
A man was arrested Saturday night, July 23, for brandishing a firearm at Luther’s Rare and Well Done on Bay Street in downtown Beaufort.
Beaufort Police Department officers were called to the location around 11:20 p.m. by reports of an intoxicated man causing a disturbance. The man had reportedly also displayed a firearm. Patrons of the popular restaurant pointed out the subject to arriving officers, and Jesse Benjamin Raybon III, a 46-year-old resident of Wellington, Fla., was arrested.
Police performed a terry frisk, which is a quick pat down of the subject’s outer clothing that is allowed if police believe the subject could be armed. A firearm matching the description of the weapon Raybon was reported to have displayed was discovered.
Raybon was arrested on multiple charges including: public intoxication; unlawful carry of a firearm; possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a violent felony and carrying of a firearm into premises for alcohol sales while consuming.
While being transported to the Beaufort County Detention Center, Raybon allegedly threatened the life of the police officer and his family, resulting in an additional charge of threatening a person or family of a public employee.
According to county records, as of press time, Raybon is being held without bail.
Tony Kukulich is a recent transplant to the Lowcountry. A native of Wilmington, Del., he comes to The Island News from the San Francisco Bay Area where he spent seven years as a reporter and photographer for several publications. He can be reached at tony.theislandnews@gmail.com.
