DC Case Based on Inoperable Shotgun Shell
At 8:20 p.m. on July 7, 2012, SWAT agents showed up at Mark Witaschek’s D.C. home to execute a search warrant for “firearms and ammunition … gun cleaning equipment, holsters, bullet holders and ammunition receipts.”
Witaschek’s 14-year-old daughter answered the door and let about 30 officers, who were in full tactical gear, inside.
The officers immediately charged upstairs and demanded that Witaschek and his girlfriend, Bonnie Harris, surrender, face-down. Both were handcuffed.
Witaschek told The Washington Times about the raid. His 16-year-old son was in the shower when the officers arrived:
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“They used a battering ram to bash down the bathroom door and pull him out of the shower, naked. The police put all the children together in a room, while we were handcuffed upstairs. I could hear them crying, not knowing what was happening.”
The agents tore through Witaschek’s house for two hours. He said “They tossed the place,” and estimated the damage to his home at $10,000.
Four items were confiscated by the police, as written on the warrant:
“One live round of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition,” which was an inoperable shell that misfired during a hunt years earlier. Witaschek had kept it as a souvenir.
“One handgun holster” was found, which is perfectly legal.
“One expended round of .270 caliber ammunition,” which was a spent brass casing.
The police uncovered “one box of Knight bullets for reloading.” These are actually not for reloading, but are used in antique-replica, single-shot, muzzle-loading rifles.
This wasn’t the first time Witaschek’s home was searched. A month earlier, he allowed members of the “Gun Recovery Unit” to search without a warrant because he thought he had nothing to hide, but items were found and seized on that visit too, as reported by The Washington Times:
After about an hour and a half, the police found one box of Winchester .40 caliber ammunition, one gun-cleaning kit (fully legal) and a Civil War-era Colt antique revolver that Mr. Witaschek kept on his office desk. The police seized the Colt even though antique firearms are legal and do not have to be registered.
The police based both searches on accusations made by Witaschek’s estranged wife, who had earlier convinced a court clerk to issue a temporary restraining order against her husband for threatening her with a gun – a claim a judge found to be without merit.
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Source: http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/01/dc-case-based-on-inoperable-shotgun.html
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