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A North Olmsted gun owner may face criminal charges after an employee at a Fairview Park Chick-fil-A found a loaded handgun in the bathroom at the restaurant.

(Patrick Cooley, Northeast Ohio Media Group)

FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- A North Olmsted gun owner may face criminal charges after an employee at a Fairview Park Chick-fil-A found a loaded handgun in the bathroom at the restaurant.

Fairview Park Prosecutor John Castele is conisidering a charge of failure to secure a firearm against the 30-year-old gun owner, police said.

A manager at the restaurant in Westgate Shopping Center reported a .380 Smith & Wesson was found in a men's bathroom stall Aug. 15, according to a police report released Tuesday.

A man called the restaurant saying he accidentally left his gun in the bathroom as an officer was leaving to take the gun to the police station.

The man met the officer at the Fairview Park Police Department. He provided proof of ownership and his concealed carry permit.

The officer returned the gun to the man.

The gun owner could not be reached for comment.

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