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Former TPD officer pleads guilty to possession of stolen firearm

The former officer was found in possession of a gun that had been recorded as destroyed by the Toledo Police Department.
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Former TPD officer Curtis Stone leaves his March 11 court appearance on charges of possessing a stolen firearm.

TOLEDO, Ohio — A former Toledo Police officer has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of possessing a stolen firearm.

Curtis Stone was indicted earlier this year.

In federal court Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to an accusation that he took a gun from the Toledo Police evidence room.

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Stone retired from TPD in 2018. Later that year during a traffic stop, a 9mm pistol was found that was registered by Stone as destroyed in 2016. The discovery led to a search of Stone’s home in Delta, where a Taurus PT-738 was found. That pistol had also been registered as destroyed. 

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Stone will be sentenced in August.

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