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RACINE — A bin loaded with something other than his daughter’s dirty diapers netted jail time for a Racine man on Tuesday.

James W. Stoner III, 24, was sentenced to one year in the Racine County Jail for having a loaded .45-caliber handgun wrapped in a shirt at the bottom of the diaper bin. Police conducting a search of the home on Oct. 14 found the gun in the bottom of the disposal bin while they were serving a search warrant, according to investigators.

His daughter, then 18 months old, was not injured.

Stoner has prior convictions for drug and weapons offenses, court records show, and was prohibited from having a gun.

“I have to shake my head and wonder what keeps bringing you back,” Racine County Circuit Court Judge Tim Boyle said during Tuesday’s hearing. “I can understand and appreciate the need to have a gun. There may be some leftover baggage for being in that (drug) world.”

Stoner admitted to owning the gun, according to his criminal complaint, and said he kept it to defend his home.