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CA: Sheriff's Deputy Enters Plea To Weapons Charge
Josey1
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Sheriff's Deputy Enters Plea To Weapons Charges
16-Year Member Of Department Was On Leave
POSTED: 3:50 pm PDT October 27, 2004
UPDATED: 4:05 pm PDT October 27, 2004
LOS ANGELES -- A sheriff's deputy who holed up in his Woodland Hills home for about four hours Monday pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony weapons charges.
Brinton Gerald Marsden III, 43, is a 16-year department veteran who was on leave and was despondent about being unable to return to work, according to the District Attorney's Office. Police in riot gear were sent to his home on Abbeyville Avenue about 3:30 p.m. Monday after neighbors reported hearing six shots, authorities said.
An elementary school where some 25 students were participating in after-school activities was locked down after the shots reportedly were fired.
Marsden surrendered at about 7:30 p.m., Monday. There were several weapons in the home, according to police.
Marsden pleaded not guilty in Van Nuys Superior Court to two counts of assault on a police officer with a semiautomatic firearm. He pleaded not guilty to one count each of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer, possession of a machine gun, possession of an assault weapon. and discharging a gun with gross negligence.
He remains in custody on $1 million bond. He will return to court Nov. 1 for a preliminary hearing.
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http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3865692/detail.html
GEORGE WASHINGTON (First President)
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." (Address to 1st session of Congress)
16-Year Member Of Department Was On Leave
POSTED: 3:50 pm PDT October 27, 2004
UPDATED: 4:05 pm PDT October 27, 2004
LOS ANGELES -- A sheriff's deputy who holed up in his Woodland Hills home for about four hours Monday pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony weapons charges.
Brinton Gerald Marsden III, 43, is a 16-year department veteran who was on leave and was despondent about being unable to return to work, according to the District Attorney's Office. Police in riot gear were sent to his home on Abbeyville Avenue about 3:30 p.m. Monday after neighbors reported hearing six shots, authorities said.
An elementary school where some 25 students were participating in after-school activities was locked down after the shots reportedly were fired.
Marsden surrendered at about 7:30 p.m., Monday. There were several weapons in the home, according to police.
Marsden pleaded not guilty in Van Nuys Superior Court to two counts of assault on a police officer with a semiautomatic firearm. He pleaded not guilty to one count each of exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer, possession of a machine gun, possession of an assault weapon. and discharging a gun with gross negligence.
He remains in custody on $1 million bond. He will return to court Nov. 1 for a preliminary hearing.
Copyright 2004 by NBC4.tv. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3865692/detail.html
GEORGE WASHINGTON (First President)
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." (Address to 1st session of Congress)
Comments
What is he doing with a machinegun at home, they are illegal in Cali!!
Another reason California officers dont need AW's or M/G's.
If its not good enought for the law bidding citizens to posses then it should be illeagal for the cops too!
Walte
Bruce
Was the gun displayed in a threatening manner? "Exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer" In other words; don't show anything in your collection to a fellow LEO in Cal or you might get jailed.
Was he merely protecting what was his with an unwarranted entry into his home? "neigbors hear six shots". Were these shots at someone?Thus he fired warning shots into the air. Then again maybe it's all a legit situation on behalf of this fellow officers to arrest him. If so, he's no different than the average Joe. Media; been there done that.
Like I said I'll let the smoke clear.
"Save the Whalers, they need jobs too."
Iamaclone... If YOU are off work injured, do your fellow employees or the police automatically come to your house and take all your guns, NO. Appearently he was not despondent when he left work, it was only when he learned he would not be able to return that he became despondent.
Another reason to take away AW's & MG's from police, yeh right!
The reason police need heavier firepower than the average citizen is simply because they get in more shootouts.
Machineguns are legal in Cal if you have a license for one. I dont know if he was licensed or not, lets wait and see.
Joe
"Never let school interfere with your education"
Grossly negligent discharge (which is a wobbler charge can be misdeamenor or felony), warning shots into a valid backstop probably are legal.