A St. Joseph man has been charged in Andrew County for weapon violations after he allegedly said his brother called and told him that people were coming to harm him.

Thomas Richard Broce, 56 is charged with a felony for unlawful possession of a firearm and a felony for unlawful use of a weapon – loaded weapon while intoxicated.

According to court documents on Tuesday Andrew County deputies were dispatched to 9001 County Road 375 around 8 p.m. in reference to a man calling 911 stating that someone was on the way to hurt him and that he had no idea why.

“I saw 2 W/M in the front yard one was walking around with a knife in each hand and another was walking towards a trash barrel,” said K-9 Deputy Daniel Glidden with the Andrew County Sheriff’s Dept. “We gave commands for both subjects to put their hands up and to stop where they were.”

Glidden said one of the men listened and dropped his knives and went to the ground after several commands but Thomas did not and authorities assisted the man to the ground.

“Trooper Selsor then inspected the area where Thomas had placed something behind the trash barrel.  A visual inspection behind the trash barrel revealed a black in color revolver with a wooden handle.  The revolver was a Smith and Wesson 22 long rifle caliber 6 shot revolver, all 6 chambers of the pistol was loaded,” Glidden said. “The subject stated that the hand gun was his but that it was an heirloom from his father.  Thomas admitted to us that he tossed the gun behind the barrel to not cause any more problems.”

“Thomas stated that he brought the gun down to his brother’s residence because his brother also called and told him that people were coming to harm him,” Glidden said. “While we were talking to Thomas he had watery blood shot eyes, mumbled his words and also had problems walking and standing.  He stated that he was very intoxicated.”

Court documents said Broce blew above a .08. Also, after running his records it showed that Broce had a convicted felony for D.U.I.  He was arrested for felon in possession of a firearm and taken to the Andrew County Jail.

Bond was set at $25,000.