OBSERVER Photo by Braden Carmen Peter Smith is buying the Chadwick Bay Marina from Charles Pringle. The sale includes the assets, membership interests and assumptions of the lease.

A man selected last month by the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency to purchase the assets, membership interests and the lease of the Dunkirk marina is facing a number of charges stemming from a pair of incidents in the town of Sheridan.

According to documents obtained through Sheridan Town Court, Peter Smith, 57, of Forestville has been charged by New York State Police for incidents that occurred on July 17 and Monday. In the incident on July 17, court documents say Smith entered a property on Creek Road and fired three rounds from a .45-caliber pistol at a padlock on a locked barn door 50 feet from the residence occupied by the victim and child. Charging documents indicate he went into the victim’s barn to locate stolen property from a previous incident.

Smith was charged with burglary with a weapon and reckless endangerment, both felonies, as well as criminal mischief. He was taken to Chautauqua County Jail in Mayville for arraignment where bail was set at $100,000 cash, $200,000 bond.

He later posted bond and was released.

In the second visit to the same property earlier this week, between 5:30 and 7 p.m., Smith is accused of writing “Confes or die” on the side of victim’s home in bright orange chalk marking paint, which was later located at his home.

The paint caused damage to the home’s vinyl siding, court records state.

Police said Smith had been told to stay away from the residence. In this incident, he was charged with second-degree menacing, criminal mischief and stalking, all misdemeanors.

Since late last month, Smith has been a high-profile member of the north county community through his work at the Chadwick Bay Marina in Dunkirk. Residents and council members have praised his efforts during the five-week management of the property.

A call to the marina seeking comment was not returned.