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Englewood Dad Finds Guns In 13-Year-Old's Treehouse

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Sarasota Herald Tribune

Published: April 23, 2008

ENGLEWOOD - A man's attempt to clean his 13-year-old daughter's treehouse on Monday became a bigger chore when he found a stockpile of guns and ammunition.

Thomas O'Connell, 41, of Van Loon Avenue, called Charlotte County sheriff's deputies when he found a bed sheet stuffed with guns, bullets and knives in the treehouse.

Deputies found a sawed-off shotgun, a carbine rifle and a pistol as well as two folding knives, earplugs and 343 rounds of ammunition, according to a sheriff's office report.

One of the guns was reported stolen from a Port Charlotte home on Dec. 7.

Investigators do not suspect that the 13-year-old was involved in storing the weapons, said sheriff's office spokesman Bob Carpenter.

O'Connell last entered the treehouse on April 13 and found nothing unusual, according to the report.

Anyone with information should call the sheriff's office at (941) 639-2101 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-8477.

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