Former Pelham police chief's guns in limbo
PELHAM — More than 230 guns once stored in former Pelham police chief Edward Fleury’s home still sit in a police evidence locker three years after they were confiscated by authorities. In addition, the ownership of about 100 of those guns is in question.
It has not yet been determined what will happen to all of the guns following Fleury’s September conviction on 12 counts of improperly storing a firearm, according interviews with those involved with the case. Hampden Superior Court Judge Daniel Ford sentenced Fleury earlier this month to two years probation and a $7,500 fine.
“He has a choice to transfer them to a dealer who can sell them for him or transfer ownership to anyone else,” Pelham Chief Gary Thomann said. “He hasn’t contacted us to say if he wanted to do that or not.”
Fleury’s conditions of probation stipulate that he not possess or use any firearm, rifle or gun and he is not allowed to store any guns in his home. The storage condition was put in place because Assistant Northwestern District Attorney Matthew Thomas said he was concerned about the possibility of Fleury’s wife getting her firearms license back.
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