Crime & Safety

Sheriff's: Man Shot Gun Inside Talega Home

Here's what those sirens were all about last night.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputies arrived in force Tuesday night to a call of shots fired inside a Talega home.

Deputies arrested Richard Steven Gerstein, 51, on the suspicion of shooting a firearm with negligence, said Jeff Hallock, spokesman for the sheriff’s department. The incident took place at 8:41 p.m. in the 0 block of Via Balcon, according to the sheriff’s blotter.

“It wasn’t at anybody,” Hallock said. “Nobody was injured.”

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Gerstein remains in custody, with bail set at $25,000. He is due in court on Thursday.


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