HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — A township man was arraigned in Girard Municipal Court on Tuesday following an incident where he was seen with a weapon in a field southeast of Harding Park.

James Williams, 56, faces charges of aggravated menacing, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and inducing panic and using weapons while intoxicated, which are both first-degree misdemeanors, court records show.

Williams entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. Bond was set at $7,500, with a pretrial set for July 8.

The police department received calls from spectators at a baseball tournament at Harding Park just before 9 p.m. Monday of a man nearby carrying a weapon. Hubbard Township Police Chief Brenda Freeman stressed that the incident did not occur inside the park.

A police report states a man told police he had crossed into a field south of the park to retrieve a baseball when the suspect, later identified as Williams, began yelling at him and showed him the butt of a firearm.

According to the report, the victim told police when he was in the field Williams started yelling at him and told him to “come here,” and showed him the handgun. Williams, who was wearing a cowboy hat, told the victim he was on private property.

The report states the two men were yelling at each other when another person nearby yelled, “Shots fired,” and parents and children at the park started running.

Police spoke to Williams, who had a handgun in a chest holster at the time and admitted to drinking six or seven beers. He also said he took medication..

The report noted that Williams’ speech was slurred.

Officers took Williams into custody and seized a loaded revolver that was in a chest holster with a bandoleer, as well as 14 rounds of ammunition. Police said Williams also had a loaded revolver in the pocket of his pants.

Williams, who had been riding on a tractor, also had another revolver, an AR-15, several knives and a bayonet, the police report states.