NEWTOWN, CT — A man faces a reckless endangerment charge after police said he left a loaded handgun in the public restroom of a Newtown gas station for at least 45 minutes.
Newtown police responded to the Sunoco gas station at 26 Hawleyville Road around 12:02 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, after someone reported finding a 9mm semiautomatic pistol inside the store's public men's restroom.
According to police, the gun's owner later went to the Newtown Police Department and explained that he had removed the loaded pistol from his waistband while using the restroom.
The man told police he forgot the weapon in the bathroom and left the store, returning at least 45 minutes later.
He was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, police said.
The man is scheduled to appear in Danbury Superior Court on Oct. 21.
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