Edward Banner, an 80-year-old man who worked for General Motors for over 30 years, testified Thursday that he found a firearm in a trash can in 2018 outside a Delaware grocery store.
Prosecutor Derek Hines stood right next to Banner as he questioned the Navy veteran, who is hard of hearing.
Banner said he had a hobby of collecting recyclables since before he retired. “I got a nick a piece for them,” Banner said, adding that now he would only get as much at 75 cents a pound.
While Hines spoke to Banner in a loud slow tone, the prosecutor continued to nod along with the witness.
Banner said he found a gun in a trash bin and put it in his General Motors lunch box.
The retiree also identified a brown pouch he found with the gun.
Prosecutors say FBI investigators found a white powder that tested positive for cocaine on the pouch years after it was found.
Hines asked the 80-year-old if anyone in his house used cocaine.
“No,” Banner said.
Source: www.cnn.com