Use of Gun Seizure Warrants

*Police Department*	*No. of Applicat-* *ions*	*Subject of Complaint or Warrant (Defendant)*	*Person Initiating Complaint (Complainant)*	*Allegations Against Subject or Basis for Warrant Application*	*Potential Target/Person Threatened or at Risk of Harm*	*Subject’s Previous Criminal or Psychiatric History*	*Was Warrant Issued?*	*Were Guns Seized?*	*Outcome/Latest Available Information*
Avon	1	Walter M. (m)	Friend	Suicide threats (possible depression)	Self	Criminal or psychiatric history not known	Yes	6, plus ammunition (December 15, 2002)	Subject’s mother, who apparently owned the guns, asked department to hold them for one year; guns returned on October 29, 2003—*case closed*
Berlin	1	Michael F. (m)	Landlord	Murder and suicide threats (illegally possessed guns without permit)	Self and unspecified people	Arrests for motor vehicle and weapon violations; psychiatric history not known	Yes	18, plus ammunition and other weapons (March 11 and 12, 2004)	Court ordered guns held until March 2005.
Bloomfield	2	Case 1— Beatrice H. (f)	Doctor	Mental instability (believed people were coming through her walls to harm her and her dogs)	Nonspecific	No known criminal history; history of paranoia	Yes	1 (March 22, 2004)	Court ordered department to destroy gun; gun destroyed—*case closed*
		Case 2— Carol G. (f)	Husband	Suicide threat (police responded to call from defendant’s husband stating that defendant had left suicide note)	Self	Unknown	Yes	4, plus ammunition and accessories (August 26, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for September 6, 2005. Court ordered guns held for 6 months (August 27, 2005); Department still in possession of guns (January 26, 2006)
Bristol	8	Case 1—Daniel W. (m)	Estranged wife	Suicide threat	Self	History of depression; criminal record not known	Yes	4, plus ammunition and accessories (January 8, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for January 22, 2004; no other information available (August 8, 2004)
		Case 2—James S. (m)	Police Investigation	Suicide attempt (police had to use taser to subdue suspect who tried to kill himself)	Self	Unknown	Yes	4, plus ammunition (March 19, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for April 7, 2004; no further information available (August 8, 2004)
		Case 3—Stanley S. (m)	Wife	Suicide threat (depressed about his employment status)	Self	Unknown	Yes	7, plus ammunition (May 7, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for May 19, 2004; no further information available (August 8, 2004)
		Case 4—Michael L. (m)	Father	Suicide and murder threat	Self and neighbor	Institutionalized for depression and suicide attempts; arrest record unknown	Yes	1 (April 18, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for May 20, 2004; no further information available (August 8, 2004)
		Case 5—Henry P. (m)	Wife		Wife and other family members		Yes	1, plus ammunition (August 20, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for September 1, 2004
		Case 6— Mary L. (f)	Father	Suicide threat	Self	Unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition and firearm ID cards (September 18, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for September 30, 2004; at hearing, guns returned to owner—*case closed*
		Case 7—Mark S. (m)	Brother	Suicide threats	Self	Unknown	Yes	1 with case (July 26, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for August 8, 2005; Gun ordered held for one year (August 9, 2005)
		Case 8—Daniel M. (m)	Wife	Suicide threat (made reckless threats and committed acts of violence towards himself; recklessly used, displayed, and brandished a gun; abused alcohol while doing above actions)	Self	Unknown	Yes	11 (October 23, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for November 16, 2005; at hearing, guns returned to owner—*case closed*
Brookfield	1	Jeffrey D. (m)	Parents	Enforcement of bond condition not to possess firearms	Family	Previous arrests (reasons not reported)	Yes	3, plus ammunition and other weapons (August 24, 2004)	Court ordered guns held for one year (October 19, 2004); guns still being held by police department (January 27, 2006)
Cheshire	1	Jeffrey F. (m)	Wife	Suicide threat involving gun (upset about pending divorce; believed to be clinically depressed)	Self	Treatment for clinical depression	Yes	4, plus ammunition (June 30, 2003)	Court ordered guns held until December 31, 2003 when they were returned—*case closed*
Danbury	1	Phillip L. (m)	Unclear	Murder threat (claimed law enforcement officers and others were trying to kill him; had access to guns and alleged history of drug and alcohol abuse and suicide threats)	Police	Unknown psychiatric and criminal history	Yes	8, plus ammunition and other weapons (May 2, 2000)	Court ordered guns held for one year on May 3, 2000; as of May 28, 2004, subject had not claimed them
Darien	1	Richard V. (m)	Employer	Suicide and murder threat (faced arrest and job termination because of illegal workplace activities; police records showed that subject owned guns)	Self and terminally ill wife	Criminal and psychiatric record unknown	Yes (Nov. 8, 1999)	None found	No hearing required—*case closed*
East Hartford	4	Case 1—Donald M. (m)	Mother	Suicide threat	Self	Committed for emergency evaluation after previous suicide threat	Yes	1, plus ammunition (February 16, 2005)	Court ordered gun destroyed (May 6, 2005); Guns destroyed July 26, 2005—case closed
		Case 2— Kevin A. (m)	Unclear	Domestic violence	Partner	Unknown	Yes	1 (February 12, 2005)	Court determined that gun belonged to person other than defendant and ordered it returned (April 5, 2005); gun returned April 11, 2005—case closed
		Case 3— Russell O. (m)	Unclear	Suicide threat	Self	Unknown	Yes	7 (December 29, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for January 12, 2006; Department continues to hold guns (February 7, 2006)
		Case 4— Derick L. (m)	Unclear	Enforcement of family violence protective order (Defendant was arrested and charged with kidnapping and assault in the third degree (July 25, 2005))	Girlfriend and her estranged husband	Unknown	Yes	airgun, plus ammunition and accessories (July 29, 2005)	Department continues to hold ammunition and airgun (February 7, 2006)
East Haven	6	Case 1— Alfred G. (m)	Wife	Failed to surrender guns as required of person subject to protective order; repeatedly violated protective order issued because of his threats to murder wife	Wife	Unknown	Yes	1 (July 18, 2001)	Hearing scheduled for July 30, 2001; no information available on initial court order; December 24, 2002, court ordered guns transferred to State Police for destruction—*case closed*
		Case 2— Mark C. (m)	Self	Unstable behavior (threatened police with knife; addicted to painkillers)	Self and mother	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition and accessories (January 26, 2005)	Court order unclear, but guns returned on April 29, 2005—*case closed*
		Case 3— Jeffrey T. (m)	Police investigation	Police investigation of charge of reckless endangerment	Wife	Domestic abuse/dispute (barricaded himself in bedroom following domestic dispute; previous threats to kill wife)	Yes	14 (October 5, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for October 25, 2005; Department still has guns (February 7, 2006
		Case 4— Arthur M. (m)	Wife	Suicide threats (Doctor recommended that defendant, a returning Iraq veteran who voluntarily checked himself into hospital, needed to remain in hospital longer and advised his wife to remove guns from their home)	Self	Unknown	Yes	4, plus accessories (November 9, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for December 12, 2005; court ordered department to sell guns—*case closed*
		Case 5— Sean M. (m)	Wife	Suicide threats	Self	History of alcohol abuse	Yes	2, plus ammunition (November 22, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for December 6, 2005; Department still has guns (February 7, 2006)
		Case 6— Peter N. (m)	Counselor	Forbidden to possess guns by firearms compliance order	Unclear	Previous arrests	Yes	No guns (ammunition only) (February 21, 2006)	Hearing scheduled for March 7, 2006
Enfield	5	Case 1—Frank V. (m)	Unclear	Murder threat and veiled suicide threats	Self and others	Unknown	Yes	11 (October 29, 2001)	Hearing scheduled for November 8, 2001—no information available on court order; as of April 30, 2004, department still had guns
		Case 2—Peter V. (m)	Unclear	Suicidal behavior	Self	Unknown	Yes	20, plus ammunition (October 27, 2000)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned—*case closed*
		Case 3—Paul S. (m)	Ex-wife	Suicide threat	Self	Arrest record for assault and breach of peace; Unknown psychiatric history	Yes	1, plus other weapons (June 25, 2000)	Court ordered gun held for one year; as of December 1, 2000, department still had the gun; gun sent to State Police for destruction on September 24, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 4—Joseph R. (m)	Ex-girlfriend	Suicidal threat and behavior	Self	Unknown psychiatric and criminal record	Yes	2 (March 14, 2003)	Court ordered gun held for one year until March 25, 2004; no further information available (August 8, 2004)
		Case 5— John S. (m)	Enfield Police Dept.	Unstable behavior (defendant apprehended while shoplifting in possession of gun; claimed he did not know why he shoplifted)	Self and others	Self-reported treatment for depression	Yes	3, plus ammunition, accessories, and non-firearm related items (February 1, 2005)	Hearing held on February 14, 2006; court ordered guns transferred to defendant’s attorney—*case closed*
Fairfield	1	William M. (m)	Son	Suicide threats (was target of FBI child pornography probe and raid; swallowed pills, armed self, led police in pursuit and refused to relinquish gun; police aware of subject’s access to guns)	Self	Unknown criminal or psychiatric history	Yes	8, plus ammunition and accessories (April 25, 2000)	Hearing scheduled for May 8, 2000; apparently the case was continued and the subject died before a hearing was held; department turned guns over to gun dealer on estate’s behalf—*case closed*
Farmington	5	Case 1—Bernard K. (m)	Sister	Murder threat (made during domestic dispute; police heard subject threaten to break her sister’s neck; after police seized guns and hospitalized subject, sister expressed fear of repercussions)	Sister and other family members	Unknown criminal or psychiatric record	Yes	39, plus ammunition and accessories (October 19, 1999)	Hearing postponed with parties stipulating it was no longer necessary because parties agreed to have guns transferred to gun dealer for resale on consignment on June 15, 2000—*case closed*
		Case 2—Marc F. (m)	Unclear	Violent threat (barricaded self in residence where police observed him with what appeared to be a gun and heard gun slide action)	School officials and neighbor	Criminal record and history of severe alcoholism	Yes	No guns; Ammunition only (June 10, 2001)	Subject agreed that ammunition be turned over for destruction—*case closed*
		Case 3—Robert J. (m)	Neighbors	Reckless gun use; fired guns recklessly on his property in residential area	Not applicable	Unknown	Yes	5, plus ammunition and accessories (November 17, 2001)	Court ordered guns destroyed—*case closed*
		Case 4—David D. (m)	Police investigation	Threatened suicide	Self	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition and accessories (November 28, 2001)	Court ordered guns turned over to attorney; guns turned over—*case closed*
		Case 5—Barry W. (m)	Acquaintance	Murder threats	Acquaintance	Unknown	Yes	1 (December 21, 2003)	Hearing scheduled for January 5, 2004; no further information available (August 8, 2004)
Glastonbury	1	Michael B. (m)	Mother	Suicidal behavior—brandished knife at police officers who responded to 911 call and told them they would have to kill him (mother expressed concern about subject’s mental state; subject had history of verbal and physical altercations with family members; claimed to have guns and described possible ambush scenarios of police officers; police records showed he had guns)	Self	Unknown psychiatric and criminal record	Yes	4 (December 27, 2000)	Court ordered police to return; guns returned—*case closed*
Greenwich	1	Thomas B. (m)	Neighbor	During conversation with neighbor to resolve dispute with neighbor’s mother-in-law, subject held a handgun at his side and repeatedly expressed his right to protect his property (police records showed (1) past episode when subject allegedly walked around his property carrying rifle; (2) subject did not have gun permit; and (3) active arrest warrant for DUI)	Neighbor	Arrest warrant for DUI; Unknown psychiatric record	Yes	11, plus ammunition and accessories (October 28, 1999)	Initial court order unclear, but on October 16, 2001, the court ordered the weapons destroyed; on January 3, 2002, the department turned them over to the State Police for destruction—*case closed*
Hamden	5	Case 1—Dean R. (m)	Information unavailable	Information unavailable	Information not available	Unknown	Yes	1 (February 21, 2001)	Court ordered guns held for one year on March 23, 2001; gun returned September 5 2002—*case closed*
		Case 2—Robert K. (m)	Wife	Attempted suicide (pending divorce; subject of restraining order)	Self	Bipolar and depression	Yes	2 (January 1, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns destroyed February 19, 2004 pursuant to court order—*case closed*
		Case 3—James A. (m)	Unknown	Suicide attempt	Self	Depression	Yes	5, plus ammunition and accessories (March 31, 2005)	Court ordered guns held for one year (March 31, 2005); Department still has guns (February 7, 2006)
		Case 4—Geneva D. (f)	Unknown	Unstable behavior	Self and others	Unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition (April 22, 2005)	Court ordered gun destroyed; completed September 27, 2005—*case closed*
		Case 5— Charles W. (m)	Wife	Suicidal and self-destructive behavior	Self	Arrests for criminal mischief and criminal trespass	Yes	3 (May 5, 2005)	Hearing held May 18, 2005; Defendant stipulated to state retaining firearms for one year. Department still has guns (February 7, 2006)
Manchester	4	Case 1—Michael G. (m)	Wife	Murder threat (psychiatrist described subject’s escalating abuse of prescription drugs and advised police that he was in imminent danger of harming himself or someone else; had access to guns)	Wife	Drug dependency	Yes	6, plus ammunition and other weapons (March 8, 2000)	Court ordered guns held for 120 days; department returned them on September 18, 2000—*case closed*
		Case 2—Bruce B. (m)	Wife	Suicide threat (reportedly made suicide videotape and had access to guns)	Self	Unknown psychiatric history; no arrest history	Yes	1 (November 12, 2003)	Gun returned on March 11, 2004—*case closed*
		Case 3— Jorge A. (m)	Acquaintance	Violent gun threats (threatened to use gun against neighborhood children)	Neighborhood children	Unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition and accessories and drugs (August 13, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for September 1, 2005; department is still holding gun (February 15, 2006)
		Case 4— Scott K. (m)	Supervisor	Murder threats against co-worker	Co-workers	Unknown	Yes	3, plus ammunition and accessories (October 28, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for November 10, 2005; department is still holding gun (February 15, 2006)
Meriden	3	Case 1—Joseph K. (m)	Wife	Physically abused and emotionally intimidated wife—told her, while holding telescopic scope for rifle, “one shot, one kill, never miss your target” (after wife stopped sleeping with subject, he placed pistol and holster at place where she used to sleep; barricaded windows and family room to protect his guns; wife reported large arsenal of weapons)	Wife	No criminal record; Psychiatric history unknown	Yes	37, plus ammunition and accessories and other weapons (April 11, 2001)	Court ordered guns held for one year; no further information available (August 2, 2004)
		Case 2—Kevin B. (m)	Behavioral health caseworker	Murder threat	Neighbor	Convicted felon with extensive history of violent crimes; was under treatment for a psychiatric disability	Yes (Dec. 22, 1999)	No guns found	No hearing required—*case closed*
		Case 3—Shaun F. (m)	Unknown	Murder threat	Unknown	Unknown	Yes (July 26, 2004)	4, plus accessories (July 27, 2004)	Information unavailable
Middlebury	1	Frances P.	Medical call	Mentally unstable behavior	Self	History of suicidal behavior and depression; criminal history not known	Yes	48 (July 9, 2004)	Court ordered guns held until July 20, 2005
Milford	7	Case 1—Sealed juvenile case (m)	School official	Suicide and murder threat; (claimed access to guns and outlined possible methods of committing the acts; history of suicide threats and self mutilation; access to guns)	Self and students	History of suicide threats and self mutilation	Yes	6, plus ammunition and other weapons (March 20, 2001)	Guns held for one year and returned July 2002—*case closed*
		Case 2— Sealed juvenile case (m)	School official and parent of threatened child	Murder threat	Student	Unknown	Yes	19, plus ammunition and accessories, other weapons, and miscellaneous items (March 23, 2001)	Court ordered some property returned and some destroyed in March 2002—*case closed*
		Case 3—James S. (m)	Wife	Violent threat (harassed neighbors and threatened to pay them back for allegedly trying to run him over with their car; Wife told police that she feared for her safety and that of her neighbors because husband started to carry gun while making threats)	Wife and neighbors	Unknown	Yes	13, plus ammunition and accessories (August 20, 2001)	Court ordered guns sold; guns sold—*case closed*
		Case 4—Alan G. (m)	Neighbor	Violent threat (threatened neighbor’s child for reporting inappropriate sexual contact by subject’s child)	Neighbor	Unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition and other weapons (September 29, 2003)	Hearing scheduled for October 7, 2003; information on court order unavailable but department holding guns (May 27, 2004)
		Case 5—Edward S. (m)	Physician	Suicide threat (told doctor he wanted to “drink himself to death” and had recently purchased gun)	Self	Previous threats made against wife	Yes	30, plus ammunition and accessories (March 24, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for April 4, 2005; guns were returned to a licensed dealer (May 13, 2005)—*case closed*
		Case 6— Sealed juvenile case (m)	School bus driver	Violent threat (told students on bus that he was going to get a gun and shoot them)	School children	Unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition, accessories, and other non-firearm related items (November 28, 2004)	Hearing on November 9, 2004; court ordered guns returned to father of juvenile who made threats—*case closed*
		Case 7— Robert B. (m)	Ex-girlfriend	Murder threats (over ten occasions, defendant said he would kill ex-girlfriend; arrested and charged with threatening (September 16, 2005))	Ex-girlfriend and her children	Unknown	Yes	11 (September 17, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for September 27, 2005; guns still held by department (February 14, 2006)
Monroe	4	Case 1 —Anthony T. (m)	Wife	Murder and suicide threat (history of physically abusing wife)	Self and wife	Manic depressive; criminal record unknown	Yes	5, plus ammunition and other weapons (September 8, 2000)	Hearing on September 22, 2000; case continued until October 18, 2000 and again until February 14, 2001; August 8, 2002, court granted respondent’s motion to return guns—*case closed.*
		Case 2—Stephen S. (m)	Victim advocate	Subject, as condition of release for an assault crime, was not allowed to possess guns; mother and sister alleged that he had guns (subject allegedly threatened mother and sister and put unloaded gun to his head in the past)	Not applicable	Diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic; Previous arrest for assault, threatening, and breach of peace	Yes (Nov. 18, 1999)	No guns found	No hearing required—*case closed*
		Case 3—Debra W. (f)	Unclear	Implied suicide threats	Self	Psychiatric treatment; Unknown criminal history	Yes	5, plus ammunition and accessories (November 6, 2002)	Court apparently ordered the guns held for one year; on November 20, 2003, department released the guns to gun store for sale pursuant to court order—*case closed*
		Case 4—Richard L. (m)	Adult probation officer	Violent threat	Adult probation officer	Post traumatic syndrome and alcohol abuse; DUI arrests	Yes	29, plus accessories and ammunition (April 2, 2004)	Court granted motion to return guns; guns returned—*case closed*
New Britain	6	Case 1—John S. (m)	Wife	Suicide threats (allegedly depressed and despondent because of injury that prevented him from working; refused to cooperate with police officers who responded to wife’s allegations)	Self	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition (February 20, 2001)	Court ordered guns turned over to subject’s son; guns turned over—*case closed*
		Case 2—Stanley M. (m)	Unknown (record incomplete)	Unknown (record incomplete)	Unknown	Unknown criminal and psychiatric record	Yes	8, plus ammunition (May 31, 2000)	Court ordered guns transferred to gun dealer on July 24, 2000—*case closed*
		Case 3—Mark Z. (m)	Self	Suicide attempt (responding officer found a knife embedded in subject’s abdomen)	Self	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition (August 14, 2001)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned on October 2, 2002—*case closed*
		Case 4—K. T. (m)	Wife	Took gun to workplace and threatened to kill himself because he was apparently distressed that his wife wanted a divorce; history of suicidal threats	Self	Unknown psychiatric or criminal record	Yes	1 (October 13, 2000)	Court ordered gun held for one year; On May 27, 2004, department asked defendant to allow it to destroy the gun because he showed no interest in retrieving it—*case closed*
		Case 5—Louise R. (f)	Self	Violent threat (in irrational calls to police department and veiled threats to kill anyone who invaded her space) (allegedly suffered from paranoia)	Non-specific	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition (December 31, 2003)	Court ordered guns held until January 9, 2005
		Case 6—Michael R. (m)	Medic	Suicide threats	Self	Unknown criminal or psychiatric history	Yes	4 (June 16, 2004)	Court ordered guns held until July 7, 2005
New Canaan	1	Shawn M. (m)	Ex-girlfriend	Murder threats (former police officer with domestic violence history and ready access to firearms)	Ex girlfriend and family	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition and accessories (October 15, 2003)	Court order unclear, but guns returned to owner (January 27, 2006)—*case closed*
New Haven	1	Walden, F. (m)	Wife	Murder threats	Wife	Outstanding arrest warrant for separate domestic violence incident	Yes	1, plus ammunition (March 22, 2005)	Gun destroyed by agreement of both parties (April 4, 2005)—*case closed*
Newington	5	Case 1—Robert S. (m)	Health care benefits provider	Suicide threats (history of emotional instability and threats to kill self and girlfriend)	Self	Being treated for bipolar disorder and manic depression; history of emotional instability; criminal record unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition and accessories (November 9, 1999)	Court ordered gun held for one year; court transferred gun to Department of Environmental Protection (apparently for training purposes); on April 27, 2004—*case closed*
		Case 2—Robert B. (m)	Brother	Suicidal and threatening behavior (locked self in room with rifle after dispute with sibling and refused to respond to family; history of illegal drug use and altercations with sister)	Self	Unknown criminal and psychiatric history	Yes	5, plus ammunition (November 13, 2000)	Court ordered guns transferred to qualified relative—*case closed*
		Case 3—Lee T. (m)	Friend	Suicide threats (previously hospitalized for suicide threat)	Self	Hospitalization for suicidal behavior; unknown criminal history	Yes June 27, 2001)	2	Case was continued from July 9 to July 16 to July 20, 2001 to accommodate a written transfer agreement. Intermediate steps unclear, but guns were released on October 9, 2001 pursuant to court order—*case closed*
		Case 4—Charles B. (m)	Postal employee	Murder threat	Postal official	Unknown criminal and psychiatric record	Yes	1 (March 25, 2004)	Court ordered guns held for one year; amended order to have guns transferred to conservator; guns transferred—*case closed*
		Case 5— Michael N. (m)	Unknown	Suicide threats	Self	Previously hospitalized for mental illness	Yes	6 (June 30, 2005)	Court ordered guns held for one year, until June 30, 2006
North Branford	1	Richard M. (m)	Police investigation	Murder and suicide threats (subject was depressed because of likely job loss, previously suspended for striking coworker, and was drinking heavily and having temper tantrums; police investigation revealed subject possessed guns; psychiatrist advised police that subject was a threat to himself and others and should not possess guns)	Self, neighbors, and coworkers	Unknown arrest or psychiatric record	Yes	5, plus ammunition and accessories (November 6, 1999)	Court ordered guns held for one year on November 17, 1999; on April 6, 2000, court ordered them released to a 3^rd party, who claimed them on April 21, 2000—*case closed*
North Haven	3	Case 1—John D. (m)	Employer	Murder threat (stalked and threatened target---a town building department employee	Coworker	Unknown arrest or psychiatric record	Yes	4 (February 8, 2000)	As part of plea deal, guns were returned to the subject in July 2000—*case closed*
		Case 2—Felix D. (m)	Girlfriend	Domestic violence involving girlfriend	Girlfriend	History of arrests (assault, threatening, disorderly conduct, illegal gun use, etc.	Yes	10, plus ammunition and accessories (December 2002)	Hearing scheduled for December 16, 2002
		Case 3—William R. (m)	Son	Suicidal behavior and threats involving guns (history of domestic violence and psychological problems)	Self	Treatment for depression and anxiety; DUI and family violence arrests	Yes	3 (June 3, 2003)	Hearing scheduled for June 11, 2003
Norwich	1	Richard G. (m)	Former employer	Murder threat (apparent reaction to job loss for disciplinary reasons)	Nonspecific	Arrest record for disorderly conduct and assault; unknown psychiatric record	Yes	2, plus ammunition and other weapon (November 12, 1999)	Court ordered guns released to relative on November 29, 1999—*case closed*
Old Saybrook	1	Arthur G. (m)	Parent	Suicide threats (also brandished gun at individual and stated “I wouldn’t want to have to use this;” had recorded history of brandishing guns at people)	Self	Unknown	Yes	1 (January 29, 2002)	May 17, 2002 court ordered guns returned; guns returned—*case closed*
Plainville	1	Robert J. (m)	Wife	Murder threat (directed at wife and police officers responding to verbal abuse complaint from wife)	Wife and police officers	History of alcohol abuse, treatment for psychological disorder	Yes	28, plus ammunition and bow and arrows (October 2, 2003)	Hearing scheduled for October 15, 2003—no further information available (August 2004)
Plymouth	1	Wayne C. (m)	Sister	Suicidal talk involving gun	Self	Unknown criminal or psychiatric record	Yes	2 (June 11, 2003)	On July 1, 2003 court ordered department to return guns; defendant agreed to let department keep guns for 30 days; returned guns on August 1, 2003—*case closed*
Rocky Hill	3	Case 1—Raymond P. (m)	Town official	Murder threat (had access to guns, history of threatening behavior, and arrest record for reckless endangerment)	Police officer	Unknown psychiatric or criminal record	Yes	18 (April 14, 2000)	Court ordered guns returned on June 15, 2000 on grounds of insufficient evidence—*case closed*
		Case 2—Joseph S. (m)	Estranged wife	Murder threat (was in midst of acrimonious divorce; had known access to guns and history of physical violence)	Estranged wife	History of domestic violence arrests; had previously been subject of family violence protective orders; previous stay in psychiatric facility	Yes	6 (November 19, 1999)	As of October 26, 2001, case continued indefinitely; ownership of guns being litigated as part of marital asset in divorce case and an appeal is pending. As of April 26, 2004, guns still in department’s custody
		Case 3—John B. (m)	Mother	Threatened suicide, held wife and daughter hostage	Self	Severe alcoholic who had been in detoxification center several times; criminal record unknown	Yes	5, plus other weapons and ammunition (June 15, 2002)	Court ordered guns transferred to subject’s mother on 7/03/02; guns transferred—*case closed*
Seymour	3	Case 1—Thomas G. (m)	Employer of subject’s ex-girlfriend	Murder threat (made numerous threatening calls to her at her workplace and home; heavy drinker and drug abuser)	Ex girlfriend	Unknown	Yes	No search (Subject surrendered guns voluntarily (2004))	No hearing required—*case closed*
		Case 2—-Paul W. (m)	Doctor	Suicidal and homicidal behavior	Self and unspecified others	Psychiatric evaluation indicated that subject was depressed and had “multiple old and new risk factors for suicide”	Yes	8, plus other weapons (July 19, 2001)	Court ordered guns held until July 17, 2002—guns turned over to relative in 2002—*case closed*
		Case 3—Alfred Y. (m)	Neighbor	Reckless gun use (pointed gun at children trespassing on his property)	Children	No record	Yes	10, plus ammunition and accessories (June 7, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year—guns returned September 19, 2004—*case closed*
Simsbury	1	Martin B. (m)	Unclear	Suicidal behavior (gave loaded gun to 15-year old daughter during heated argument and told her to kill him)	Self	Unknown criminal or psychiatric record	Yes	1 (February 1, 2000)	Court ordered gun held for one year until February 9, 2001; later, court ordered the gun destroyed; department turned it over to State Police for destruction on May 9, 2001—*case closed*
Southington	5	Case 1—David W. (m) (see case 2 below)	Police officer	Suicide threats	Self	Unknown	Yes	33, plus ammunition and accessories (July 5, 2002)	Subject did not attend hearing; court ordered guns returned on September 27, 2002; guns returned on October 1, 2002—*case closed*
		Case 2—David W. (m) (see case 1 above)	Police officer	Suicide threats	Self	Unknown	Yes	3, plus ammunition and accessories (July 10, 2002)	Subject did not attend hearing; court ordered guns returned on September 27; guns returned on October 1, 2002—*case closed.*
		Case 3—Tye A. (m)	Nurse	Murder threat. Psychiatric nurse informed police that subject was a danger to himself and others. (subject was angry at state police officers who had raided his house and were investigating his alleged illegal gun trafficking)	State police officers	Treatment and hospitalization for anxiety and depression	Yes	No guns, large quantities of ammunition and accessories (January 1, 2003)	Court ordered ammunition and accessories held for 14 days
		Case 4—Edward S. (m)	Self	Mental instability (called police to report people hiding under his bed and voices speaking to him; son expressed concern about his father’s mental state and his possession of guns)	Non-specific	Unknown	Yes	8 (December 24, 2003)	Guns held for one year and returned on March 18, 2004—*case closed*
		Case 5—John S. (m)	Mother	Suicidal threats and behavior	Self	Unknown	Yes	3, plus ammunition (August 9, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for September 16, 2004
Stamford	1	George V. (m)	Ex-girlfriend	Violent threat (threatened ex-girlfriend with gun violence; history of physical violence and murder threats against ex-girlfriend)	Ex-girlfriend	Unknown	Yes Jan. 26, (2000)	1, plus ammunition and other weapons (seizure date not shown on warrant)	Court ordered gun held for one year—no further information available
Torrington	2	Case 1—Robert S. (m)	Doctor	Murder threat (told doctor during session of his desire to kill wife and of his house full of guns, including assault weapons; in past incident, had locked estranged wife in bedroom, kept her hostage for about 45 minutes, brandished gun at her, and threatened to shoot her)	Ex-wife	Psychiatric involvement; criminal record unknown	Yes	35, plus other weapons and ammunition (June 21, 2000)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned on September 1, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 2—Nelson B. (m)	Doctor	Hospitalized for paranoid psychosis; “noncompliant with follow-up”	None specifically named	Paranoid psychosis	Yes	1 (November 25, 2002)	Hearing scheduled for December 9, 2002; as of June 9, 2004, department still had gun
Trumbull	1	Louis K. (m)	Health care official	Threatened murder/suicide	Self and wife	Unknown	Yes	6, plus other weapons and ammunition (February 22, 2002)	March 2002, court ordered guns transferred to qualified relative; guns transferred—*case closed*
UConn	1	Stephen L. (m)	School official	Violent threat (subject left numerous disturbing, angry, and implicitly threatening voice mail messages for school officials after he failed several law school courses)	School officials	Psychiatric treatment for psychosis; criminal record not known	Yes (Jan. 26, 2002)	No guns found	No hearing required—*case closed*
Vernon	2	(Case 1)—David K. (m)	Girlfriend	Suicide threat and suicidal behavior (took bottle of Xanax with large quantity of alcohol, called girlfriend, and threatened suicide)	Self	Unknown	Yes	1 (March 16, 2004)	Court ordered guns held for one year, until March 26, 2005
		(Case 2)—Linda M. (f)	Unclear	Suicidal behavior (series of mysterious fires involving subject in possession of gun and apparently suffering from depression, anxiety, or both)	Unclear	Treatment for depression and anxiety; criminal record not known	Yes	2 (May 5, 2004)	On July 8, 2004 court ordered police to return guns—*case closed*
Wallingford	2	Case 1—Stanley P. (m)	Unclear	Unstable behavior (officials responded to defendant’s house six times in ten months for mental health issues; defendant sees imaginary objects and people; defendant abuses medications)	Self and others	Psychiatric treatment for bi-polar disorder and other mental health conditions	Yes	4, plus other weapons (November 1, 2005)	Guns still being held by department (February 28, 2006)
		Case 2—Christopher M. (m)	Unclear	Unstable behavior (committed to mental institution after threatening suicide; upon release, sought to repossess gun)	Self	Psychiatric treatment	Yes	4 (November 16, 2005)	Court ordered guns to be held for one year (November 28, 2005); department still has guns (February 28, 2006)
Waterbury	1	Liam K. (m)	Neighbor	Suicidal behavior (despondent over mother’s death)	Self	Emergency commitment at hospital for making threatening statements against neighbor	Yes	Yes, but number of guns unclear (August 26, 2004)	Guns still being held by department (February 28, 2006)
West Hartford	17	Case 1—Seymour C. (m)	Police investigation	Mental instability (Korean veteran having flashbacks; was on medication for post-traumatic stress, had emotional and mental problems)	Nonspecific	Post-traumatic stress; Arrest record not known	Yes	7 (October 15, 1999)	Initially court ordered guns held for one year; later, all parties agreed to disposition—*case closed*
		Case 2—Kenneth P. (m)	Brother	Suicidal behavior (despondent over mother’s death, locked himself in room and refused to eat or answer door or phone; was drinking heavily and was known to keep guns in his house)	Self	Criminal or psychiatric record not known	Yes	4 (October 23, 1999)	Court ordered guns held for one year—guns turned over to subject’s estate administrator on January 30, 2001—*case closed*
		Case 3—Nancy N. (f)	Therapist	Threatened to kill herself and partner with her gun (psychiatrist said subject was a threat to herself and others)	Self and partner	Psychiatric treatment for emotional problems; arrest record not known	Yes (Jan. 5, 2000)	No guns found	No hearing required—*case closed*
		Case 4—W. H. (m)	Neighbors	Mental instability (kicked garbage into streets, fired guns recklessly, ranted at passing traffic, etc.)	Nonspecific	Criminal and psychiatric history not known	Yes (Sep. 11, 2000)	2, plus other weapons and ammunition	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned at end of period—*case closed*
		Case 5 —Stephen C. (m)	Unclear	Mental instability (irrational and violent behavior, smashed doors, thrashed house, etc. for no apparent reason)	Nonspecific	Unknown	Yes	1 (August 22, 2001)	Gun turned over to State Police for destruction—*case closed*
		Case 6—Mario R. (m)	Unclear	Domestic dispute between couple in middle of divorce	Wife	Not known	Yes	1 (July 22, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned—*case closed*
		Case 7—Eduardo R. (m) (see Case 8 below)	Ex-girlfriend	Domestic violence—several murder threats and history of physical abuse	Ex-girlfriend	Unknown	Yes	7, plus accessories (January 25, 2002)	Victim withdrew allegations; no hearing required; department returned guns in February 2002—*case closed*
		Case 8—Eduardo R. (m) (see case 7 above)	Ex-girlfriend	Hit victim with gun and threatened to shoot her; history of physical abuse	Ex-girlfriend	Unknown	No (2002)	NA	NA—*case closed*
		Case 9—Martin F. (m)	Clinical Social Worker	Suicide threat (pending divorce)	Self	Treatment for severe depression, alcoholism, and drug abuse	Yes	13, plus ammunition and accessories (September 29, 2003)	October 7, 2003 court ordered department to return guns, which were returned on October 16, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 10—Frederick H. (m)	Girlfriend	Suicidal behavior (placed gun on chest and told girlfriend to shoot him)	Self		Yes	7 (November 22, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned December 92, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 11—Mark C. (m)	Unclear	Suicide threat involving guns	Self	History of psychiatric treatment; unknown criminal record	Yes	4, plus ammunition (June 4, 2003)	Court ordered guns held for one year until June 4, 2004; department still has guns (August 8, 2004)
		Case 12—Richard J. (m)	Friend	Suicide threat; murder threat	Self and ex-girlfriend	Unknown	Yes	1 (February 12, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for February 28, 2005—gun still held by department (February 7, 2006)
		Case 13— David M. (m)	Neighbor	Violent gun threat during an argument	Neighbor	Manslaughter charge	Yes	3 (December 21, 2004)	Hearing scheduled for January 4, 2005; court order unclear, but guns ordered destroyed (May 19, 2005); guns destroyed on August 24, 2005—case closed
		Case 14— Andrew S. (m)	Father	Suicide threat; murder threat	Self and father	Unknown	Yes	No guns found (October 7, 2004)	No firearms seized, so no hearing held (October 12, 2004)- *case closed*
		Case 15— James B. (m)	Doctor	Suicidal behavior (e-mailing Governor Rell to state that “I have lost everything”)	Self	Unknown	Yes	1 (June 15, 2005)	Court ordered gun returned (July 14, 2005); gun returned August 29, 2005—case closed
		Case 16—Richard S. (m)	Unknown	Violent threats (after demotion, threatened to blow up workplace)	Co-workers	Unknown	Yes	5, plus ammunition and accessories (June 17, 2005)	Hearing scheduled for July 1, 2005; department still holding guns (February 15, 2006)
		Case 17— James S. (m)	Wife	Domestic violence	Wife	Previous arrest for domestic violence	Yes	4, plus accessories (March 30, 2006)	Hearing pending April 2006
West Haven	3	Case 1—Kurt H. (m)	Employer	Suicidal talk (despondent behavior over prospect of losing his job told police that they may as well put bullet in his head)	Self	Arrest history for domestic violence	Yes	1, plus ammunition and accessories (March 16, 2001)	Court ordered police to return; as of May 26, 2004 department still had gun
		Case 2—Donald M. (m)	Police investigation	Reckless gun use (recklessly discharged gun in backyard, damaging property)	No specific target	Bipolar and psychosomatic conditions, hospitalization for psychiatric condition, alcohol dependency; criminal record unknown	Yes	1, plus ammunition, other weapons, and accessories (July 12, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year and destroyed after holding period; guns destroyed on September as of 27, 2004 –*case closed*
		Case 3— Malcolm N. (m)	Girlfriend	Unstable behavior	Self or others	History of psychiatric problems	Yes	13, plus other weapons, ammunition, and accessories (July 6, 2005)	Court ordered guns held for one year (July 20, 2005); Department still has guns (January 2006)
Windsor	2	Case 1—David H. (m)	Information unavailable	Information unavailable	Information not available	Unknown	Yes	3 (September 10, 2001)	Court ordered guns held for one year until September 20, 2002
		Case 2—Anthony S. (m)	Estranged wife	Murder threat	Wife	Felony conviction for risk of injury (1996); history of domestic violence (2003)	Yes	5, plus ammunition (Jan 8, 2005)	Department still has guns, pending police investigation (February 28, 2006)
Windsor Locks	2	Case 1— John N. (m)	Wife	Unstable behavior (caused by new medication)	Family	Unknown criminal record; wife indicated previous history of violence	Yes	20 (March 23, 2005)	Court order unclear, but guns returned May 27, 2005—*case closed*
		Case 2— Alvin D. (m)	Employer	Violent gun threats (distraught over problems with family)	Co-workers	History of family problems	Yes	1, plus ammunition, accessories and pistol permit (February 4, 2005)	Hearing held on February 15, 2005; Court ordered guns destroyed April 12, 2005—*case closed*
Wolcott	1	Craig P. (m)	Mother	Suicide threats	Self	Hospitalization for suicidal behaviors	Denied for lack of probable cause (Feb. 2000)	NA	Subject committed suicide—*case closed*
State Police	24	Case 1—David A. (m) (Danielson)	Police investigation	Violent behavior—road rage (deputy sheriff, while drunk, pursued black couple on highway, directed racial slurs at them, and fired shots at them)	Motorists	Unknown criminal or psychiatric history	Yes	7, plus ammunition and other weapons (November 1, 1999)	Court ordered police to return guns because they had not exhausted the law's reasonable alternative standards; person did not retrieve guns; they were destroyed on May 8, 2002—*case closed*
		Case 2—Edward S. (m) (Tolland)	Visiting nurse	Suicide threats (threatened to blow off his head because he was depressed over wife's death; doctor expressed concern over guns in subject's house)	Self	Unknown criminal and psychiatric history	Yes	12, plus ammunition and accessories (November 18, 1999)	Court ordered guns held for one year on January 5, 2000—guns returned on January 16, 2001, except an unregistered TEC 9, which was ordered destroyed—*case closed*
		Case 3—Michael S. (m) (Salem)	Police investigation	Mental instability	Nonspecific	Institutionalized for mental problems; History of felony arrests	Yes	72, plus ammunition and accessories (August 2, 2000)	Court ordered guns transferred to a 3^rd party on April 6, 2001—*case closed*
		Case 4—Robert B. (m) (Monroe)	Sister-in-law	Sister-in-law expressed fear of subject after her actions led to his arrest; subject had access to large cache of guns; went to sister-in-law's residence while armed to claim property (previously threatened to kill former employer)	Sister-in-law	Arrest for forgery	Yes	231 (August 30, 2000)	Court ordered guns, except assault weapons, transferred to dealer on December 6, 2000; per court order, assault weapons turned over to defendant on March 22, 2001—*case closed*
		Case 5—Jerome F. (m) (see case 6 below) (Troop K)	Police investigation	Violent threats (history of violent threats, including gun threats, directed at neighbor in numerous calls to police department, many made while drunk)	Neighbor	Criminal record for carrying gun without a permit; unknown psychiatric record	Yes	1, plus ammunition and accessories (February 16, 2001)	Court ordered gun held for one year; gun returned on June 13, 2002—*case closed*
		Case 6—Jerome F. (m) (see case 5 above) (Troop K)	Police investigation	Violent threats (see Case 5 above)	Neighbor	Criminal record for carrying gun without a permit; unknown psychiatric record	Yes	No guns—1 flare launcher (September 26, 2001)	Court ordered weapon destroyed—*case closed*
		Case 7—Robert L. (m) (Montville) (Troop E)	Psychiatric clinician	Expressed homicidal thoughts to doctor about neighbors and tenant (had access to large gun cache)	Neighbors	Arrest for breach of peace; Treatment for depression and mental problems; history of suicide attempts	Yes	7 (March 8, 2001)	Case continued to May 16, 2002—police still holding guns (August 2004)
		Case 8—Frank A. (m) (Ellington) (Troop C)	Unclear	Threatened to commit suicide with gun	Self	History of hospitalization and treatment for mental health problems)	Yes (Sep. 7, 2001)	Unknown number	Subject agreed to have State Police destroy weapons; before written agreement was completed, he committed suicide—*case closed*
		Case 9—Robert P. (m) Litchfield (Troop L)	Drug and detoxification center employee	Murder and suicide threat (police records showed subject owned several guns)	Self and sister	History of voluntary and involuntary commitment for alcohol abuse	Yes	2, plus ammunition accessories, and other weapon (July 11, 2000)	Guns transferred to defendant’s attorney on September 20, 2000—*case closed*
		Case 10—Ray R. (m) (Troop A)	Wife	Domestic violence—hit and threatened to harm wife	Wife	History of alcoholism and domestic violence against wife	Yes	1 (July 17, 2002)	Court ordered guns held until July 24, 2003; no further information available (August 2, 2004)
		Case 11—Alexander S. (m) (Troop B)	Information unavailable at this time	Threatened suicide with gun (in aftermath of bank foreclosure on his house and attempted eviction)	Self	Unknown	Yes	34 (March 14, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year; guns returned March 26, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 12—Audrey J. (f) (Troop H)	Police officer	Suicide threat	Self	Unknown	Yes	3 (April 23, 2002)	Court ordered guns held for one year on May 6, 2003; Handguns destroyed on October 9, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 13—Joseph C. (m) (Troop H)	Unclear	Family violence complaint (previous history of suicide threat and bodily harm to wife)	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	10 (April 16, 2002)	As of April 29, 2004, department still had guns
		Case 14—Kent C. (m) (Troop C)	Police Investigation	DUI accident with gun in vehicle (had DUI record and previously complained to police of his depression)	No specific target	Unknown	Yes	4, plus ammunition and accessories (March 17, 2004)	Court ordered guns held until March 31, 2005
		Case 15—Robert R. (m) (Troop C)	Police investigation	Historical (involved 1999 breach of peace conviction and breach of peace orders; history of drug and alcohol abuse)	No specific target	Hospitalization for mental illness, history of drug and alcohol abuse	Yes	2, plus ammunition (March 17, 2004)	Court ordered guns destroyed on April 2, 2004—*case closed*
		Case 16—Alan G. (m) (Troop H)	DOT officials	Murder threat directed at DOT workers because agency was in process of taking family land by eminent domain	DOT workers	Bipolar disorder	Yes (March 3, 2004)	No guns found	Hearing not required—*case closed*
		Case 17— Kennard P. (m) Troop B)	Sister	Suicidal behavior. (In drunken state, subject locked self in room with “large collection of firearms” where police heard “the action of a firearm moving to allow a round of ammunition into the chamber.)	Self	Bipolar disorder and severe alcoholism; previous emergency committals	Yes	10, plus other dangerous weapons and ammunition (February 26, 2003)	Court ordered guns turned over to brother on August 25, 2003—*case closed*
		Case 18—Eunice S. (f) (Troop H)	Coworker	Murder threat (Hartford police had previously seized another gun from subject because she had pulled it on another coworker)	Coworker	Unknown	Yes	2, plus ammunition and accessories (January 17 and 19, 2003)	No information available (August 2, 2004).
		Case 19—Kevin R. (m) (Troop C)	Wife	Suicidal threat	Self	Unknown	Yes	2 (April 27, 2004)	Court ordered guns held for one year until May 6, 2005; at hearing, Court ordered guns returned to owner (May 6, 2005)—*case closed*
		Case 20— Richard L. (m) (Troop C)	Cemetery groundskeeper	Suicide threat (physician certified that defendant was gravely disabled and dangerous to self and others)	Self	Severe depression	Yes	1 (February 23, 2005)	Court ordered guns destroyed (March 17, 2005)—*case closed*
		Case 21—Jeffrey M. (m) (Troop E)	Therapist	Suicide threat; murder threats	Self, wife, and therapist	History of psychiatric problems	Yes	Seized ammunition and accessories (no guns) (May 12, 2005)	Court ordered return of ammunition to defendant’s father (May 26, 2005); ammunition returned on June 2, 2005—*case closed*
		Case 22— James B. (m) (Troop I)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Seizure on October 18, 2004; quantity of guns seized unclear	Hearing scheduled for October 29, 2004; Court ordered guns held for one year; Department continues to hold guns because defendant was later arrested for domestic violence
		Case 23— Timothy M. (m) (Troop L)	Girlfriend	Unstable behavior	Self and others	Bi-polar disorder; substance abuse	Yes	13 (May 20, 2005)	Court ordered portion of weapons destroyed and other portion sold (October 19, 2005); Department no longer has guns—*case closed*
		Case 24— Brian B. (m) (Troop L)	Employer	Suicide threats	Self	History of psychiatric problems	Yes	13 (March 11, 2005)	Court order unclear, but department still has guns (February 7, 2006)

This report is based largely on Judicial Department information and an OLR survey of the State Police and local police departments. Because, among other things, departments do not maintain their data in a readily retrievable format and some departments (16) did not respond to the surveys, the figures in this report represent the minimum, and not necessarily the total, number of applications under this law. Closed cases are noted in bold red italics.

VR:ro/ts

May 10, 2006		2006-R-0330 (Revised)
Gun Seizure Warrant applications and use

By: Veronica Rose, Principal Analyst Adam Wolkoff, Legislative Fellow

Hold guns	63
Return guns	19
Transfer guns to dealer, attorney, or relative	17
Destroy guns	12
Victim withdrew allegations—no hearing	1
Subjects died before hearing, guns turned over to estate	2
Information unavailable, unclear	26

*Department*	*No. of Applications*	*Department*	*No. of Applications*
State Police	24	Windsor Locks	2
West Hartford	17	Avon	1
Bristol	8	Berlin	1
Milford	7	Brookfield	1
East Haven	6	Cheshire	1
New Britain	6	Danbury	1
Enfield	5	Darien	1
Farmington	5	Fairfield	1
Hamden	5	Glastonbury	1
Newington	5	Greenwich	1
Southington	5	Middlebury	1
East Hartford	4	New Canaan	1
Manchester	4	New Haven	1
Monroe	4	North Branford	1
Meriden	3	Norwich	1
North Haven	3	Old Saybrook	1
Rocky Hill	3	Plainville	1
Seymour	3	Plymouth	1
West Haven	3	Simsbury	1
Bloomfield	2	Stamford	1
Torrington	2	Trumbull	1
Vernon	2	UConn	1
Wallingford	2	Waterbury	1
Windsor	2	Wolcott	1