Coles County man charged with aggravated assault after road rage incident near Limestone

A 57-year-old Ashmore man has been charged with aggravated assault and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after a road-rage incident near Limestone, Illinois. State police said the altercation involving a firearm occurred Monday on Illinois Route 17. Prosecutors told a Tuesday detention hearing that Gary A. Morris had a loaded gun accessible in his vehicle and pointed it at another driver; he was released after the hearing.