Sheriff's Lost Gun Recovered from Mailbox
Paula Woodhull
Pembroke Mariner
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Plymouth County, Massachusetts (US):
A gun belonging to a Plymouth County deputy sheriff has been recovered, placed in a Weymouth mailbox and finally returned to authorities who were investigating the bizarre incident.
The mystery of the missing gun came to an end Sunday morning. Pembroke police received an anonymous call that the man who found the firearm last week at a Pembroke Dunkin' Donuts dropped the gun into a postal mailbox in Weymouth.
A deputy sheriff for Plymouth County unintentionally left the weapon in the men's room at 155 Church St. coffee shop last Thursday evening.
When he realized his mistake and went back to get the gun it was gone. Shortly after, an unidentified man apparently picked up the gun from the restroom, and walked off with it.
Pembroke Police Chief Gregory Wright on Sunday released a statement saying the weapon had been safely returned. "An unidentified man called the Pembroke police station and reported that he was the man who found the gun in the bathroom," Wright stated.
The man on the phone told Pembroke police he had dropped the gun into a mailbox at the intersection of Federal Street and Washington Street in Weymouth. Pembroke police contacted Weymouth authorities who went to the location and found the gun in the mailbox.
Nov 02, 2005
Paula Woodhull
Pembroke Mariner
______________
Plymouth County, Massachusetts (US):
A gun belonging to a Plymouth County deputy sheriff has been recovered, placed in a Weymouth mailbox and finally returned to authorities who were investigating the bizarre incident.
The mystery of the missing gun came to an end Sunday morning. Pembroke police received an anonymous call that the man who found the firearm last week at a Pembroke Dunkin' Donuts dropped the gun into a postal mailbox in Weymouth.
A deputy sheriff for Plymouth County unintentionally left the weapon in the men's room at 155 Church St. coffee shop last Thursday evening.
When he realized his mistake and went back to get the gun it was gone. Shortly after, an unidentified man apparently picked up the gun from the restroom, and walked off with it.
Pembroke Police Chief Gregory Wright on Sunday released a statement saying the weapon had been safely returned. "An unidentified man called the Pembroke police station and reported that he was the man who found the gun in the bathroom," Wright stated.
The man on the phone told Pembroke police he had dropped the gun into a mailbox at the intersection of Federal Street and Washington Street in Weymouth. Pembroke police contacted Weymouth authorities who went to the location and found the gun in the mailbox.
Nov 02, 2005
