A Randolph man was charged in Dakota County Court Friday with two felony counts of intents to terrorize.
Joshua David Haro, 37, allegedly pointed a handgun at a man who he invited to his residence to fight on the evening of Jan. 6.
According to the complaint, the reporting party told deputies he received a text message from Haro telling the person to come to Haro’s residence to fight him.
The reporting party went to Haro’s residence between 8 and 10 p.m. While walking up the driveway, Haro allegedly walked out from behind the residence, and the man told deputies, “He saw a green laser start at this feet and then start to travel up his body,” the complaint states. “The reporting party then stated he saw Haro holding a handgun pointed at him with a green laser attached to the firearm. Haro told the reporting party to get off of his property or he would shoot him. The reporting party then got back into his vehicle and left.”
Text messages between the man and Haro started around 4:44 p.m. that day prior to the meetup. After the incident, Haro allegedly texted that “the laser was rock steady” and that the man “honestly deserve a hollow in your ass.”
In a later text exchange, Haro responded, “I wanted to watch you limp,” the complaint states. “I really think the world would be better without u so shooting u I would have found it noble.”
When deputies arrived at Haro’s residence, a female confirmed he was inside. “While speaking with the female, deputies believed they saw a red laser light come from inside the residence, so deputies retreated,” according to the complaint.
After coming outside and being arrested, Haro said, “Whoever said they saw a laser is lying. The laser in my gun in green.”
Haro allegedly told deputies that the man showed up unannounced, and he met him in his driveway, but never pointed a firearm at him.
A search warrant on Haro’s residence turned up a loaded handgun with an attached laser sight and 20 additional firearms.