Councilman's car burglarized, gun taken

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NORWALK -- A car burglar targeted a vehicle belonging to a Common Councilman this past weekend, stealing a legally registered firearm from the vehicle.

Councilman Travis Simms' Land Rover was broken into sometime between Friday night and late Saturday morning when it was parked in the parking lot of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive apartment complex where he resides, police said.

The vehicle's driver side window was smashed, and a .40 Sig Sauer caliber pistol and a smartphone were taken from the center console, according to police.

The burglary was reported to police at 11:30 a.m. Simms, a former boxing champion who is licensed to carry firearms, told police that the pistol was loaded with 12 rounds, and he believed that he locked it in the console before securing his vehicle.

Detective Justin Bisceglie is investigating the matter.

Reached for comment Wednesday, Simms declined to speak on the matter.