Tuesday, May 29, 2012
A Norristown property owner found a Colt .22 Automatic Long Rifle hidden beneath the floorboards on the second floor of his property.
According to reports from the Norristown Police Department, at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, an officer on patrol in the 700 block of West Marshall Street was flagged down by a man who wished to report a firearm he found in the property he owns. The man reportedly told police that was cleaning up on the second floor of the building sometime in April when his foot went through the floor and down through the ceiling of the room below. While he was making repairs to the hole, he discovered a handgun hidden between the floors. Police say the gun, a Colt .22 Automatic Long Rifle model handgun, was not reported stolen and was last owned by a Ralph O'Neil, born in 1905. The last date of sale was reportedly Dec. 29, 1952. The …
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Friday, February 3, 2012
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Friday, February 3, 2012
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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cyra briggs
4:05 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
If it was used to kill someone, it might be back in the mob days in norristown. I understand there were murders that were swept under the rug. more ›