Putnam County Sheriff’s Deputy Theresa Lamon was approached by a man and his daughter after they found a loaded gun April 26.
Ernie Dorough, 56, 133 S. Rock Island Drive, and Jessica Dorough, 25, 750 Forest Oak Drive, Lawrenceville, stopped Lamon in the Sav-A-Lot grocery parking lot on Greensboro Road to report finding the gun on Hwy. 16 near Sparta Road.
Ernie Dorough turned over a loaded .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, a gun case and a Social Security card. A check of the gun’s serial number showed it had not been reported missing or stolen.
The owner of the gun, Huelon Franklin Thrift, 28, 788 Sparta Hwy., was asked to verify the whereabouts of his weapon, and he reported his .38 revolver missing.
He told Lamon his wife had placed the gun, in its case, on top of the car before driving off that day.
Both the gun and card were returned to Thrift.
May 20, 2013 6:00 AM
