FACEBO.OK JAMES:6 2 YEARS AFTER IT WAS STOLEN, A SHOTGUN IS BACK IN THE HANDS OF ITS RIGHTFUL OWNER IN POLK CY.IT KEITH LISTER NOWAS H HIS REMINGTON 870 AFTER IT WAS FOUND IN ARKANSAS. POLK CITY POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL LAST MONTH FROM THE MENA, ARKANSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAYING IT WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM POLK CI.TY IT WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME IN LKPO CITY IN THE 1990’S, RECENTLY WAS SOLD TO A PAWN SHOP, WHO RAN THE SERIAL NUMBER THROUGH NAA TIONWIDE SYSTEM, WHICH FLAGGED . THEN, ON WEDNESDAY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS RETURNED TO LIST.ER >> THIS HAPPENED ALMOST 26 YEARS AGO. WE HELD ON TO EVERYTHING HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY, YOU KNW, THEY WERE ENTERED AS STOLEN. THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY UNTIL IT WAS RECOVERED. JAMES: NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE CASE, SO THAT PART OF IT IS STILL
'He was surprised': Gun stolen from Iowa man returned 26 years later
Updated: 5:51 AM EST Jan 9, 2022
Roughly 26 years after it was stolen, a shotgun is back in the hands of its rightful owner in Polk City, Iowa. Keith Lister now has his Remington 870 after it was found in Arkansas.Polk City Police say they received a call in early December from the Mena, Arkansas Police Department saying they had a gun that was stolen from Polk City. The Mena Police Department was notified after a pawn shop put the serial number of a gun through a nationwide reporting system to see if it was stolen.After it was transferred between departments, it was given back to Lister on Wednesday."He was surprised, to say the least, when our department called and told him his gun was found 26 years later," the department posted on Facebook. "This happened almost 26 years ago. And, you know, we held on to everything here at the police department and they, you know, they were entered as stolen. So, that was never gonna go away until they're recovered," Chief Jeremy Siepker said. No suspects have been named in the case, so that part of it is still open.Siepker also said this is a reminder to write down the serial numbers of guns owned the in event one is stolen. Without the serial number written down, this reuniting would have never happened, he said.
Roughly 26 years after it was stolen, a shotgun is back in the hands of its rightful owner in Polk City, Iowa.
Keith Lister now has his Remington 870 after it was found in Arkansas.
Polk City Police say they received a call in early December from the Mena, Arkansas Police Department saying they had a gun that was stolen from Polk City. The Mena Police Department was notified after a pawn shop put the serial number of a gun through a nationwide reporting system to see if it was stolen.
After it was transferred between departments, it was given back to Lister on Wednesday.
"He was surprised, to say the least, when our department called and told him his gun was found 26 years later," the department posted on Facebook.
"This happened almost 26 years ago. And, you know, we held on to everything here at the police department and they, you know, they were entered as stolen. So, that was never gonna go away until they're recovered," Chief Jeremy Siepker said.
No suspects have been named in the case, so that part of it is still open.
Siepker also said this is a reminder to write down the serial numbers of guns owned the in event one is stolen. Without the serial number written down, this reuniting would have never happened, he said.
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