Source: Portland (Maine) Press Herald
ELLSWORTH — Police in Maine have found the owner of a loaded 9mm handgun that was discovered inside a bathroom at an L.L. Bean outlet store.
Police Chief John DeLeo says 72-year-old Benjamin Newman, a longtime local doctor, heard police were looking for the owner of the gun and notified authorities Wednesday afternoon that it was his, according to WABI TV.
They have charged Newman with reckless conduct, the TV station reported.
DeLeo said the gun had a bullet in the chamber when an employee found it late Wednesday morning in the Ellsworth outlet.
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