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Idaho man demands "moonwalk" at gunpoint, so cops say they arrested him

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Michael Jackson, who made the "moonwalk" famous, performing at the Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA on September 7, 1995. 

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(CBS) SANDPOINT, Idaho. - An Idaho man is facing a felony assault charge for reportedly ordering a man to "moonwalk" at gunpoint. John Ernest Cross, 30, was charged with the felony Tuesday in 1st District Court and appointed a public defender.

Cross was also barred from contacting the alleged victim in the case.

According to the Bonner County Daily Bee, sheriff's deputies were summoned to Cross' home on Monday after receiving a report that he was on drugs and had pointed a rifle at another man while demanding he dance the "moonwalk," first made popular by the late Michael Jackson.

A probable cause affidavit describes the weapon Cross used as appearing to be an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.

During his first court appearance Tuesday, Cross said it was an Airsoft pellet gun that he pointed.