Fire Investigator Accused of Brandishing Gun

An off-duty Hermosa Beach Fire Department arson investigator has been accused of pointing a gun at a woman at a Sunset Beach bar.

Darryl Lee Powers, 49, who lives in La Palma, visited the bar with a cousin around 9:15 p.m. on July 7. After a couple of drinks, he allegedly took out a knife and jabbed it into the bar where he was sitting.

A bartender removed the knife and warned Powers not to show the weapon again, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Powers then pulled out a gun and placed it on the bar, frightening the woman sitting next to him, prosecutors said. Orange County sheriff's deputies were then called to the bar.

Powers will be charged with a misdemeanor when he is arraigned Sept. 24.

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