A St. Joseph man is accused of pointing a realistic looking handgun at two people who confronted him while he was trying to steal from a vehicle.

Nathan Hutchison, 20 has been charged in Buchanan County with a misdemeanor for theft/stealing.

According to court documents police responded to the 1500 block of Frederick around 3 a.m. Monday.

“According to police reports the suspect Nathan Hutchinson pointed a handgun at two subjects when they confronted him for being outside of a vehicle,” said Officer Greg Ogdahl with the St. Joseph Police Department in a probable cause document. “The subjects believed the gun was real. A black realistic air soft gun was recovered from the suspect.”

A second probable cause document filed said around 1 a.m. Hutchinson was reported to have stolen from a vehicle in the 1500 block of Jules.

“The suspect was caught with items matching the description of items that were stolen from the vehicle,” Ogdahl said.

Capt. Jeff Wilson said the charge stems from an investigation into one case that began Monday. As we previously reported, an officer deployed a taser during the arrest of a suspect Monday near the 1500 block of Frederick after a passerby called police to report a man believed to be breaking into a car.

Bond for Hutchison is set in the amount of $5,000. An arraignment is scheduled for Friday.