A Hall County man is in jail after sheriff’s officials say he opened fire on utility workers trying to restore power near his home early Wednesday. According to Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks, spokesman for the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Donald Josh Deal, 62, fired “at least two shots” in the direction of a Jackson Electric Membership Corp. crew, which responded to a downed tree on a power line in the 4200 block of Holland Drive off Browns Bridge Road around midnight on Wednesday. The crew members said while they were assessing the power line problem outside of a home, Deal stepped outside and began cursing and threatening them with a 9 mm handgun before shots were fired, according to the sheriff’s office.