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Butter Fingers: Careless Shopper Drops Handgun At Virginia Mall Butter Fingers: Careless Shopper Drops Handgun At Virginia Mall
Butter Fingers: Careless Shopper Drops Handgun At Virginia Mall A 20-year-old man is in custody after dropping a loaded firearm on the floor of a Northern Virginia mall, police said. Thomas Ballard was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, shoplifting, and possession of marijuana while under 21, and being held in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under a $2,500 bond, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Ballard dropped the loaded gun on the floor of a business inside Spotsylvania Towne Center around 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, then picked it up as if no one noticed, the SCSO said. Responding deputies detained Ballard near the f…

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by Cecilia Levine