State v. Watson

Klatt, Judge.

{¶ 1} The Gallipolis Municipal Court convicted defendant-appellant, Roger A. Watson, of one count of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle in violation of R.C. 2923.16(C), a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. 1 For the following reasons, we affirm.

{¶ 2} On December 23, 2002, Lynn Mingus, a 911 operator for Gallia County, received an emergency call from a “Mr. Hager.” Based upon the information Mingus collected during that call, she contacted Bill Brown, the Gallipolis Police Department dispatching officer, and told him that a man was at Southern Auto Sales (“Southern”)…