Man accused of stashing gun on shelf at public library: Worcester man faces gun charges after incident.
Published 3:02 PM EDT Aug 14, 2015
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WORCESTER, Mass. — A Worcester man faces gun charges after police say he stashed a handgun inside a public library on Friday.
An off-duty Boston police officer said he followed a man into the Worcester Public Library about 11:15 a.m. after seeing a handgun in his waistband.
The officer contacted Worcester police.
When police officers located the man inside the library, he was sitting at a computer without the gun.
Officers reviewed library surveillance footage and saw the man, later identified as Luis Bermudez, 24, putting the gun on a shelf in one of the library aisles.
Bermudez, who does not have a license to carry a handgun, was arrested. Bermudez was charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a firearm/ammunition without an FID card.
The gun was recovered by officers.
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Two days later I posted on Facebook, where I had also posted the article above:
"In the interest of full disclosure, a follow-up article revealed it was "only" a pellet gun stashed in the stacks..."
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Police: Upon review, man had pellet gun at Worcester library
By Gary V. Murray
Telegram & Gazette Staff
Posted Aug. 17, 2015 at 2:41 PM
Updated Aug 17, 2015 at 2:49 PM
WORCESTER - Police dropped a firearm charge against a Worcester man after determining that the gun the suspect allegedly stashed on a bookshelf at the public library at Salem Square Friday was actually a pellet gun.
Luis Bermudez, 24, of 17 Chandler St., Apt. 3, was arrested Friday after an off-duty Boston police officer said he saw Mr. Bermudez at Main and Chatham streets with a handgun in his waistband, and followed him to the Worcester Public Library. Worcester police were notified and officers found the suspect at a computer in the library.
After reviewing surveillance footage, officers said they discovered that Mr. Bermudez had placed what was believed to have been a firearm on a bookshelf in one of the library aisles. Police recovered the suspected firearm and charged Mr. Bermudez with carrying a firearm without a license, after determining he did not have a firearm identification card or a license to carry. Mr. Bermudez was also charged with disorderly conduct.
In a statement of facts filed in Central District Court by police prior to Mr. Bermudez' arraignment Monday, police said the gun that was recovered turned out to be a pellet gun. Mr. Bermudez was arraigned on the disorderly conduct charge and was released on personal recognizance by Judge Paul L. McGill, who continued his case to Oct. 2.
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