LAS VEGAS (AP) – A Nevada county sheriff is publicly apologizing for leaving her handgun unattended in a casino restroom last week, and seeking what she called forgiveness from voters just three weeks ahead of her re-election bid.
Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly (WER’-lee) said by telephone Tuesday that she acknowledged and documented the lunchtime May 15 incident at the Saddle West hotel-casino. She called it embarrassing.
In a sheriff’s office Facebook message , Wehrly said she set the weapon aside in a women’s room stall and left it while answering a cellphone call.
She says she was returning to the restroom when it was found by a casino employee.
She says the .45-caliber pistol was out of her possession for about 10 minutes before it was returned to her by a casino executive.
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