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From todays Republican American http://www.rep-am.com
Naugatuck man faces charge after loaded gun found at barber shop
NAUGATUCK -- A man who got his hair cut at the Cutting Crew in Mountview Plaza forgot one very important item when he left: his loaded 9 mm handgun.
Robert Curley, 31, of 70 Hill St., Naugatuck, hopped out of the barber chair Friday afternoon, paid for his haircut, and left the building. He drove across the plaza to Stop & Shop and walked inside before he realized something was missing, police said. He searched his car, but couldn't find his gun, police said.
Meanwhile, someone at Cutting Crew picked up the gun, noticed it was loaded and called police, police said.
A couple minutes later, Curley walked back into Cutting Crew, where police asked him about the weapon. Curley had a legitimate permit for the gun, police said. Still, police said leaving a loaded gun in a public place is a crime, and Curley was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. He was released on a $1,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear for arraignment at Waterbury Superior Court on Dec. 23.
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I have read the statute of 1st degree reckless endangerment and fail to see how this man could be charged under it (I know, a person can be charged for anything that the police feel like)
I have come across a Hartford Courant article from 4/9/2002 which you should find very interesting. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lynch, who at the time was the second highest ranking member of the State Police, left his gun and badge on top of his car and drove away. A newspaper carrier found the gun and badge just down the street from Lynch's house and turned it into Troop L. Lieutenant Colonel Lynch continued to serve in his assignment and was promoted to the rank of Colonel and Commander of the State Police retiring in 2006.This article includes the statement, "The state police union said others have made the same mistake and have received only verbal counseling in most cases. If a trooper and not a lieutenant colonel had made this mistake, we wouldn't be reading about it in the newspaper."
I am not defendingCurley for leaving his gun behind, butmistakes do happen.
From todays Republican American http://www.rep-am.com
Naugatuck man faces charge after loaded gun found at barber shop
NAUGATUCK -- A man who got his hair cut at the Cutting Crew in Mountview Plaza forgot one very important item when he left: his loaded 9 mm handgun.
Robert Curley, 31, of 70 Hill St., Naugatuck, hopped out of the barber chair Friday afternoon, paid for his haircut, and left the building. He drove across the plaza to Stop & Shop and walked inside before he realized something was missing, police said. He searched his car, but couldn't find his gun, police said.
Meanwhile, someone at Cutting Crew picked up the gun, noticed it was loaded and called police, police said.
A couple minutes later, Curley walked back into Cutting Crew, where police asked him about the weapon. Curley had a legitimate permit for the gun, police said. Still, police said leaving a loaded gun in a public place is a crime, and Curley was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor. He was released on a $1,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear for arraignment at Waterbury Superior Court on Dec. 23.
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I have read the statute of 1st degree reckless endangerment and fail to see how this man could be charged under it (I know, a person can be charged for anything that the police feel like)
I have come across a Hartford Courant article from 4/9/2002 which you should find very interesting. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lynch, who at the time was the second highest ranking member of the State Police, left his gun and badge on top of his car and drove away. A newspaper carrier found the gun and badge just down the street from Lynch's house and turned it into Troop L. Lieutenant Colonel Lynch continued to serve in his assignment and was promoted to the rank of Colonel and Commander of the State Police retiring in 2006.This article includes the statement, "The state police union said others have made the same mistake and have received only verbal counseling in most cases. If a trooper and not a lieutenant colonel had made this mistake, we wouldn't be reading about it in the newspaper."
I am not defendingCurley for leaving his gun behind, butmistakes do happen.
