- Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:09 pm
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Deputies found 5 guns in George Zimmerman's bag, search warrant reveals
Seminole County deputies found five guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the home George Zimmerman shared with his girlfriend, where he was arrested last week, accused of domestic violence.
A search warrant made public Tuesday shows that Zimmerman had the weapon that his then-girlfriend said he had used to threaten her: a high-capacity, high-tech 12-gauge shotgun.
He also had a semi-automatic assault rifle and three handguns.
The 30-year-old Zimmerman was arrested Nov. 18, accused of aggravated assault, domestic-violence battery and criminal mischief.
His then-girlfriend, 27-year-old Samantha Scheibe, accuses him of pointing the shotgun at her after she asked him to move out. She told deputies he also used it to break a glass table, then shoved her out of the house and locked the door.
Zimmerman is free on $9,000 bail, living — once again — in hiding.
According to the search warrant, Zimmerman talked with deputies after he was taken into custody. He told them that he and Scheibe had lived together since Aug. 23 and that they had agreed to separate earlier during the day he was arrested.
Zimmerman said his plan was to move to Texas, according to the warrant.
He told deputies that, as he was packing, Scheibe began to throw his belongings around the house, including two of his guns, the shotgun and one of the handguns.
In a recorded phone call with a dispatcher, he said he had not pointed a gun at her. He told deputies in his face-to-face interview that he had not touched or pushed her.
The Sheriff's Office got the warrant, suspecting that Zimmerman had locked away the shotgun after the confrontation but before deputies unlocked the door and pushed their way inside.
Officers found the guns in a black, soft-sided case secured by a combination lock, according to the warrant.
The weapons inside were a KelTec 12-gauge shotgun, a pump-action high-tech, $1,200 self-defense weapon with more than double the capacity of conventional shotguns; the assault rifle; a .380-caliber handgun; a 9 mm handgun and a Glock 19 handgun.
Deputies also found more than 100 rounds of ammunition. The greatest quantity — 59 rounds — was for the rifle, according to the warrant.
His estranged wife, Shellie Zimmerman, in a recent television appearance with Katie Couric, said Zimmerman had become fascinated by guns.
His arrest last week followed a Lake Mary incident two months earlier when he was handcuffed by police — but later released — after his estranged wife and her father accused him of threatening them with a gun as they moved furniture out of the home the couple had shared.
Seminole County deputies found five guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the home George Zimmerman shared with his girlfriend, where he was arrested last week, accused of domestic violence.
A search warrant made public Tuesday shows that Zimmerman had the weapon that his then-girlfriend said he had used to threaten her: a high-capacity, high-tech 12-gauge shotgun.
He also had a semi-automatic assault rifle and three handguns.
The 30-year-old Zimmerman was arrested Nov. 18, accused of aggravated assault, domestic-violence battery and criminal mischief.
His then-girlfriend, 27-year-old Samantha Scheibe, accuses him of pointing the shotgun at her after she asked him to move out. She told deputies he also used it to break a glass table, then shoved her out of the house and locked the door.
Zimmerman is free on $9,000 bail, living — once again — in hiding.
According to the search warrant, Zimmerman talked with deputies after he was taken into custody. He told them that he and Scheibe had lived together since Aug. 23 and that they had agreed to separate earlier during the day he was arrested.
Zimmerman said his plan was to move to Texas, according to the warrant.
He told deputies that, as he was packing, Scheibe began to throw his belongings around the house, including two of his guns, the shotgun and one of the handguns.
In a recorded phone call with a dispatcher, he said he had not pointed a gun at her. He told deputies in his face-to-face interview that he had not touched or pushed her.
The Sheriff's Office got the warrant, suspecting that Zimmerman had locked away the shotgun after the confrontation but before deputies unlocked the door and pushed their way inside.
Officers found the guns in a black, soft-sided case secured by a combination lock, according to the warrant.
The weapons inside were a KelTec 12-gauge shotgun, a pump-action high-tech, $1,200 self-defense weapon with more than double the capacity of conventional shotguns; the assault rifle; a .380-caliber handgun; a 9 mm handgun and a Glock 19 handgun.
Deputies also found more than 100 rounds of ammunition. The greatest quantity — 59 rounds — was for the rifle, according to the warrant.
His estranged wife, Shellie Zimmerman, in a recent television appearance with Katie Couric, said Zimmerman had become fascinated by guns.
His arrest last week followed a Lake Mary incident two months earlier when he was handcuffed by police — but later released — after his estranged wife and her father accused him of threatening them with a gun as they moved furniture out of the home the couple had shared.
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