In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Inmate Hid 10-Inch Revolver In His Rectum

SturmgewehrSturmgewehr Member Posts: 4,420
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
guninbuttsmall.jpg
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/gun-hidden-in-butt-765912

A man arrested this week in North Carolina may have stashed a .38 barrel revolver in his rectum, according to police, who reported that the unloaded 10-inch weapon was not discovered until after the suspect had been booked into a cell in the county jail.

Michael Leon Ward, a 22-year-old Georgia resident, was arrested Monday after a trooper spotted him speeding. Ward, who resisted arrest, was subdued with the help of a stun gun. A subsequent search of his vehicle resulted in additional charges for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

But it was only after Ward--who is a fugitive on a murder warrant out of Atlanta--entered the Onslow County jail that sheriff's investigators discovered what else he possessed.

According to cops, Ward, pictured at right, summoned jailers to his cell, claiming that someone was trying to kill him, and that he discovered a gun inside his cell. The weapon was found in the toilet, where Ward claimed he tossed it after finding it in his bunk.



Sheriff's investigators say they are investigating how Ward got the weapon into the jail, since he had been "strip searched prior to being booked into a cell block." The inmate, a press release notes, was taken today to a local hospital "for possible injuries that may have occurred to Ward's rectum where it is believed Ward may have concealed" the revolver.

The gun, deputies reported, was test fired and found to be operational.


michaelleonward.jpg
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
«1

Comments

Sign In or Register to comment.