Missing M-16s Returned -- With Apology

Missing M-16s Returned -- With Apology
June 09, 2008
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

A man who said he took a case of M-16 assault rifles that fell from the back of a Humvee on June 3 afternoon at Hill Air Force Base called security officials June 6 and arranged to return the weapons.

The man called base officials from a pay phone and apparently left the guns behind a horse trailer at the stables on the west side of the installation.

A letter of apology was left with the weapons at the Utah base. The caller, who did not identify himself, may still face charges if he is found.

It is unclear what the person who took the box of 12 guns intended to do with them. The box was taken after it fell from the vehicle at about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday. The guns are worth up to $5,000 each on the black market. The Salt Lake Tribune has not been able to determine what unit lost the rifles.

Several witnesses said they saw a green box in the road and several others claimed to have seen a middle-aged, heavyset white male, of medium height with gray hair and wearing civilian clothes, lifting it into a car.


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