Former Beaufort County deputy charged after pointing gun at teens

BEAUFORT COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - [UPDATE 3:13 p.m. 10/28/2025] A former Beaufort County deputy and his neighbor are now out of jail after getting arrested earlier Tuesday.

Former Beaufort County deputy Billy Squires was charged with four counts of pointing and presenting firearms at a person and breach of peace, aggravated in nature after an incident last month.

In September 2025, video showed off-duty deputy Billy Squires in his sheriff’s office gear walk up to three teens with his gun pointed at them while also yelling at them to get on the ground.

The video later shows Squires getting into a fight with them after going for a book bag.

See video below:

The deputy was also fired after the incident for violating the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office’s code of conduct.

Another person, 47-year-old Brian Henry Stahlheber, was charged with Breach of Peace - Aggravated in Nature and Making a False Complaint to a Law Enforcement Officer.

Arrest records state Stahlheber was Squires’ neighbor and told Stahlheber “in a brief roadway conversation that he thought a group of juveniles had a gun.”