New York, NY – The New York City police commissioner says a man with a long history of impersonating law enforcement pretended to be a fire marshal, talked his way into a police station and made off with at least one weapon.
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Commissioner Raymond Kelly says Ronald DeShields took at least one police weapon from the 105th Precinct in Queens on Jan. 15. He later returned the weapon to a 90th Precinct gun buyback program and got $100 from the department.
He was charged with possessing stolen property. Police say he was also suspected of taking a second weapon missing from the same precinct; that gun has not been located.
DeShields is being held at Rikers Island. It isn’t clear if he has an attorney.
now everybody will be scared to return a missing weapon to a preicent.
Dear No 1. Yea but now they will also be scared to steal it or be caught.