Police: Movers arrested for gun left in van in Stamford

Justin Washington, 30, of Bridgeport was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment for leaving his gun unsecured in a bag while employed as a moving man in Stamford. Justin Washington, 30, of Bridgeport was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment for leaving his gun unsecured in a bag while employed as a moving man in Stamford. Photo: Stamford Police Department / Contributed Photo: Stamford Police Department / Contributed Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Police: Movers arrested for gun left in van in Stamford 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

STAMFORD — Two workers for a moving company were arrested Saturday in connection with a gun left in their truck, police said.

According to Sgt. Steve Perrotta, Justin Washington, 30, of Hallet Street, Bridgeport, realized his gun was missing while he was doing a moving job on Morgan Street around 1 p.m. Saturday.

Perrotta said Washington told police he took the weapon off his hip, unloaded the gun and put it and the bullets into his backpack, which he left in the moving van while he was doing the job.

Washington told police he was working with two other men for the first time who saw him take the gun off and put it into the bag, Perrotta said. One of the men, Issac Sullivan, 34, of Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, was a felon.

Perrotta said as Washington was reporting the missing gun to police, Sullivan told him he hid it in a brown paper bag in the back of the truck.

Sullivan was charged with criminal possession of a firearm and Washington was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment for leaving the gun in the unsecured bag.

Washington’s gun and his permit to carry were seized by police and state police will review the incident.

jnickerson@stamfordadvocate.com