17-year-old found in possession of gun in Derby home
A 17-year-old was found to be in possession of a gun in a Derby home on Friday morning, police said.
The gun was found while the Hamden Police Department SWAT team was executing a search warrant — related to a different firearms incident that happened in Hamden — at a multi-family residence on Water Street in Derby, according to police.
The gun in the 17-year-old’s possession was equipped with an extended magazine and a conversion device commonly referred to as a “switch,” which enables a firearm to discharge in a fully automatic manner, police said.
The teen was charged with illegal possession of a machine gun and illegal possession of an extended magazine. He has been remanded to juvenile detention.
If you have a tip, you can submit it anonymously by calling Derby police dispatch at 203-735-7811, sending a private message to the Derby Police Department on its social media platforms, or emailing detectiveburbeau@derbypd.org.
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