URBANA — Matt Sinclair admitted to a Champaign County jury Tuesday that pulling a gun on a friend on an interstate highway as a prank was "absolutely" stupid.
But the 32-year-old Savoy husband and father of two, accused of weapons violations, said he never had any intention of harming anyone, that he did not have easy access to the bullets for the unloaded weapon, and was sorry he frightened a woman who witnessed his act.
"My intent was to joke around with a guy I shared my office with 15 hours a day. Stupidity doesn't cut it," he said in answer to questions from his attorney, Jim Martinkus of Champaign.