(La Porte County, IN) - It happened again—another long-lost firearm stolen years ago in La Porte County has been recovered.

 

Last week, the La Porte County Sheriff's Office related a tale about a revolver stolen from a Springfield Township home in 1979 which recently turned up in southern Michigan. Now county police report another similar occurrence.

 

In August of 1992 a resident, also in Springfield Township, reported eleven firearms stolen from his home. Although police quickly apprehended the thief, all of the guns had been sold.

 

Fast forward to earlier this week, when one of the weapons surfaced at a gun store in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Smith and Wesson .357 revolver was sold for $1,800, but a federal gun check soon after the sale identified it as one stolen in La Porte County.

 

The buyer was refunded, and authorities are now working to return the gun to its rightful owner, who now lives in Las Vegas. The owner told police that the revolver was quite a collector’s item, since Smith and Wesson produced only 5,000 of that particular model.