From the Utica Observer-Dispatch of June 5, 2004
Utica man found not guilty of menacing
A Utica firefighter who pointed his gun at three people at an October party was found not guilty Friday of three counts of second-degree menacing, said his attorney, Les Lewis
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Sickler, who was 24 at the time, pulled a Colt semiautomatic handgun on two occasions at an Oct. 25 house party in Utica, according to five witness depositions.
He pulled out the gun after another person pulled out a knife during their conversation, and again later during a heated exchange with two other men, witnesses said.
Sickler argued to the court that he pulled his gun in self-defense, Lewis said.
"He had a gun in his holster," Lewis said. "Two thugs tried to come start a fight with him. He put it back immediately afterward. He went in the house after that because he didn't want any more trouble."
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