{"id":485705,"date":"2026-02-19T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485705\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:58:13","slug":"man-charged-after-gun-found-in-mississauga-traced-to-its-ontario-owner-200-km-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485705\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after gun found in Mississauga traced to its Ontario owner 200 km away\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Ontario man faces criminal charges after his gun was found by police in Mississauga, some 200 kilometres from his home.<\/p>\n<p>Huron County Ontario Provincial Police said they were contacted on Jan. 15 by Peel Regional Police to let them know that a handgun registered to a man from Huron East had been recovered in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>Huron East is located in southwestern Ontario, on the shores of Lake Huron.<\/p>\n<p>OPP didn\u2019t say where in Mississauga the gun was found or under what circumstances it was located by police in Peel.<\/p>\n<p>Police subsequently tracked down the gun owner and charges were laid.<\/p>\n<p>A 52-year-old man from Huron East is charged with:<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439772_908_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Careless storage of firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition.<br \/>\nLost firearm or weapon \u2014 not reported.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was processed and later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for March 16 in Goderich, police said.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 64,035 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,229,945 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    3020 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Ontario man faces criminal charges after his gun was found by police in Mississauga, some 200 kilometres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-485705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}