A pedestrian

in the Dekor parking lot at the Fayette Pavilion picked a fight with the

wrong motorist Saturday afternoon.

Jerry L. Dillard,

38, of Jonesboro threatened to kill an off-duty detective for the Fayette

County Sheriff's Office, according to warrants for his arrest. Dillard

became angered with the way Sgt. Leslie Gillespie was driving his private

truck in the parking lot, said Maj. Bruce Jordan, director of investigations

for the Sheriff's Department.

At one point,

Gillespie got out of his truck and that's when Dillard charged at him,

Jordan said. Dillard stopped when Gillespie told him he was a police officer,

Jordan said.

Jordan said

he was not aware of the exact nature of Dillard's complaint against Sgt.

Gillespie's driving.

Dillard was

charged with one felony count of making terroristic threats and acts.

An independent witness to the incident confirmed the threat otherwise

charges couldn't have been filed, Jordan said.