Camdenton man accused of threatening to shoot Lake-area bar patrons

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Camdenton man is facing a pair of felonies following an incident at a Lake Ozark bar on Friday.

Jordan T. Cardwell was charged Saturday in Miller County with first-degree making a terrorist threat and resisting arrest on a felony charge.

According to a probable cause statement, officers with the Lake Ozark Police Department were called to Rock Island Bar in the 1200 block of Bagnell Dam Boulevard for a disturbance call. Cardwell was identified as trying to fight multiple patrons after being "cut off" by bar staff, according to witnesses.

One witness alleged that Cardwell threatened to "shoot up the bar" as he was being escorted out of the bar, a statement that was reportedly confirmed by several of the nearly 20 patrons at the bar, according to the statement. He was later arrested outside the bar.

Once in custody, he reportedly injured himself by banging his head on glass in the patrol car, then attempted escape multiple times after being let out of the car. He was taken to a Lake-area hospital where he allegedly attempted to escape again.

He was booked on a $25,000 but is no longer in the Miller County Jail.