Police: Southington Senior Citizen 'Forgets' Loaded Gun At One of Auriemma's Restaurants

SOUTHINGTON, CT - "Officer, I forgot my gun."

That was the excuse a local senior citizen gave the cops over the weekend after a staffer at Geno's Grill founded a loaded pistol in one of the restaurant's rest rooms, according to a news release.

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has an interest in the restaurant.

On Saturday at about 6:30 p.m., Carmillia Kimmel, 77 of Southington, was issued a misdemeanor summons for second-degree reckless endangerment, police said. Kimmel was released on a $5,000 bond and scheduled to appear in Bristol Superior Court on June 14, police said.

Officers responded to Geno’s Grille, 98 Main St., after being told that a loaded .38-caliber handgun was found in the female restroom by an employee, according to a news release.

The handgun was seized by the officer and traced back to Kimmel, according to a news release.

Kimmel told police she became ill while at the restaurant and went into the restroom.

While in the restroom, she left the handgun on the paper dispenser so it would not fall on the floor, police said. She told police she left the restaurant to get some fresh air and then went home forgetting she left the handgun on the paper dispenser, according to a news release.