A SECURITY GUARD AT A VENICE FACTORY IS BEING LAUDED AS A HERO AFTER STOPPING A POTENTIAL ROBBERY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CAPTAIN SCHUSLER WAS ASSIGNED TO TERVIS TUMBLER FOR AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT WEDNESDAY WHEN HE OBSERVED A TRUCK PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT THERE. SCHUSLER TOLD WWSB THAT NOTHING HAPPENED FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES UNTIL 39 YEAR OLD STEPHAN RUGG OF PORT CHARLOTTE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH A WEAPON IN HIS HAND THAT SCHUSLER COULD SEE THE SHADOW OF. RUGG TOLD THE GUARD HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO OWED HIM MONEY, BUT SCHUSLER DREW HIS WEAPON AND ORDERED RUGG TO DROP HIS, WHICH HE DID. HE THEN CALLED 911 AND VENICE POLICE ARRESTED RUGG, CHARGING HIM WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, IMPROPER EXHIBITION OF A FIREARM, AND USE OF A FIREARM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.
