A Santa Fe couple say in a lawsuit that an intoxicated security guard at their Airport Road mobile-home park threatened them with a gun.

Ventura and Rafaela Medrano's complaint names as defendants the Tierra Real Home Owners Association, USA Security & Surveillance Co. and security guard Phillip Glock.

A man who answered the phone at USA Security on Friday said an attorney had advised him not to comment. Neither Glock nor anyone from the homeowners group was available for comment.

According to the complaint filed Thursday in state District Court by lawyer Aimee S. Bevan of Santa Fe, residents of the Tierra Real Mobile Home Park on Airport Road already had complained that guards have "harassed them, threatened them, drank on the job, and made them feel like they were 'prisoners in their own homes.' "

On May 7, Ventura Medrano was changing the oil in his truck when Glock asked him to move the truck because vehicles are not allowed to be parked in front of homes, says the complaint. It says after Medrano explained he needed 15 more minutes to finish, Glock left but returned 15 minutes later and began writing a citation.

When Medrano asked Glock not to write a citation, "Glock responded by cursing loudly ... and the situation quickly escalated into a heated argument," it says. "When Mr. Medrano reached for the ticket book, Mr. Glock lunged for Mr. Medrano and grabbed him around the neck. ...

"Mr. Glock then stepped back a few feet, pulled his .45 caliber semi-automatic firearm and pointed it at Mr. Medrano ... (and) began waving the gun around, pointing it at everyone in the vicinity."

The complaint says the children of the Medranos and their extended family members visiting from Denver began crying hysterically because they thought Glock would kill Medrano. It says Rafaela Medrano called the police and Margaret Hielo, the cousin of Ventura Medrano, went outside and convinced Glock to put the gun down.

When the officers arrived, the complaint says, they smelled alcohol on Glock, gave him a portable breath test that showed he was under the influence of alcohol and arrested him for negligent use of a firearm while intoxicated. "A criminal history search performed by the police officers who responded to the scene revealed that Mr. Glock was prohibited from carrying a firearm under federal law," it says.

Online records indicate Glock, 43, was charged with negligent use of a firearm on May 8 and the charge was dropped Aug. 28.

According to the complaint, after the altercation, Rafaela Medrano "collapsed from the stress" and was taken to a hospital for treatment for "an anxiety and diabetic attack."

The complaint seeks unspecified damages for assault, battery, negligent entrustment of a firearm, negligence, negligent hiring, negligent retention, failure to train, failure to supervise and intentional infliction of emotional stress.

Contact Tom Sharpe at 986-3080 or tsharpe@sfnewmexican.com.