Bridgeport man reports gun stolen, cited for illegal magazine

NORWALK — A Bridgeport man found himself in hot water after reporting a gun with an illegal high capacity magazine had been stolen from his vehicle.

On Sunday, Edward Reeves, 41, of Bishop Avenue, contacted police to report that while inside a bar on Ely Avenue he believed that a handgun he had left inside his locked car had been stolen.

Detectives responded and observed that there had been no evidence of the car having been broken into.

Later that day, Reeves reportedly found the gun in his refrigerator at home and contacted police to report that he had located it.

He was asked to bring the gun to police headquarters when it was determined that the gun had a 16 bullet capacity magazine. Current law allows for no more than a magazine capacity of 10.

Reeves was cited by police for being in violation of the high-capacity magazine law.