Firearm origins remain mysterious
In heaven the streets are paved in gold, but in Gilmer they seem to be paved in lost firearms.
Last week is the second that a Gilmer resident has found a firearm near or on the street.
In the first incident on Saturday, Dec. 27, Gilmer resident Robert Parks found a CF380 pistol lying on the ground by his mailbox and the roadway on his property, according to a GCSO incident report.
Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) deputy Eric White came to investigate.
The pistol had no magazine and wasn’t loaded.
A new CF380 can sell for more than $169.
Parks checked and found the gun didn’t belong to his son or any of his son’s friends.
No firearm matching the serial number have been reported stolen.
White collected the gun to store it in evidence.
In the second incident, Hope Bobak-Cronley reported a gun lying on the road around Burnt Mountain Road and Kennemur Road, according to a GCSO incident report.
GCSO Corporal Jeremy Carver responded, discovering the weapon was a broken Glock 42 pistol. Its magazine held six rounds.
A new Glock 42 sells for more than $400.
The incident report recorded no clues as to the firearm’s owner.
He brought the pistol to GCSO’s evidence lockers.
The working theory on both these cases is that “somebody left it on the roof of a car while loading suitcases, and then forgot it and drove off,” GCSO Captain Frank Copeland said.
“Keep track of your firearm. People lose them,” he added.