26-year-old man arrested on multiple charges after alleged gun threat on Eugene bike path

Eugene, OR – A 26-year-old man was arrested after allegedly threatening two men and pointing a gun at them on a bike path near Rasor Park in Eugene.

Eugene police said officers responded to the West Bank Bike Path at about 3:11 p.m. on November 10 following a report of menacing.

The two victims told officers they spotted Robby Lee Taggart II with a bicycle that appeared to match one stolen from one of them two days earlier at Valley River Center.

When the men approached Taggart to ask where he got the bicycle, he allegedly threatened to hit them and pointed a gun at them.

The victims ran away and called police.

Taggart denied the allegations, but officers found a realistic-looking airsoft pellet gun matching the description provided by the victims.

Police also recovered brass knuckles and several knives.

Taggart was arrested on two counts of menacing, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of felon in possession of a restricted weapon and an outstanding warrant. He was lodged at the Lane County Jail.