NORTHAMPTON – A jury has begun deliberating in the case of a former Pelham police chief charged with improperly storing more than 20 guns in his home.
Edward Fleury is charged with 22 counts of improperly storing a firearm stemming from a September 2014 search of his Pelham home.
During the four-day trial, the 12-member jury heard from 10 police officers involved with the search and inspection of the guns confiscated from Fleury’s home. Fleury’s wife, Jacalyn Fleury, took the stand to testify over two days about the measures she said were in place in the home to securely store the guns.
Defense attorney Elizabeth Rodriguez-Ross and Assistant Northwestern District Attorney Matthew Thomas gave closing statements following the testimony of Jacalyn Fleury on Wednesday.
Police conducted the September 2014 search to look for a Glock handgun that Fleury allegedly pointed at a friend outside the Belchertown VFW in August 2014. Fleury was acquitted in October 2016 of an assault with a dangerous weapon charge arising from the VFW incident, as well as two counts of improperly storing a firearm. He has pleaded not guilty to the more than 20 charges in Hampshire Superior Court, where his trial began l Friday.
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