Man accused of belligerently threatening employee at south Lincoln bar

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Lincoln man was arrested early Sunday morning after police say he belligerently threatened an employee at a south Lincoln bar.

Just after 1:30 a.m., officers responded to Cappy’s Bar near 48th Street and Nebraska Parkway on reports of a drunken person claiming to have a gun in his vehicle.

Witnesses told officers that 40-year-old Brett Bauers had verbally threatened an employee.

Officers went out to talk to Bauers in his car and confirmed that he did have a black handgun in the door pocket, according to the Lincoln Police Department.

Bauers was taken to the Lancaster County Jail on suspicion of terroristic threats.