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WITN-TV
Authorities believe Michael Ward concealed this 10-inch-long .38-caliber handgun from them by hiding it where the sun don't shine.
A man who was pulled over for a traffic violation in North Carolina was found this week with a gun in his jail cell — a big gun that authorities believe he hid in his rectum.
The man, identified as Michael Leon Ward, 22, of Canton, Ga., was in the Onslow County, N.C., jail after his arrest Monday morning. He is awaiting extradition to Georgia, where he is wanted on a fugitive warrant in a murder investigation.
But that's not why you're reading this. You want to know about the gun.
Deputies told NBC station WITN of Washington, N.C., that Ward was searched and then strip-searched before he was put into a holding cell. Jailers also made Ward perform what they call a "squat and cough" procedure.
Only later did they find the gun — a .38-caliber revolver, with a 4½-inch barrel. While it wasn't loaded, it worked just fine when officers loaded a bullet and test-fired it.
WITN-TV
Authorities said Michael Ward is wanted on suspicion of murder in Georgia.
According to a Highway Patrol incident report, state troopers stopped Ward on Monday morning after he passed them going more than 90 mph, authorities said. Ward and a woman claiming to be his wife rolled up their windows and locked their doors when troopers approached.
After troopers forced the door open, Ward resisted and had to be subdued with a Taser, they said. Authorities say Ward told them he was unable to get out of the car because he was disabled and couldn't walk.
Ward was first taken to a hospital because he was complaining of heart problems. Officers didn't find the gun. Nor did they find it when he was put in his jail cell.
Eventually, jailers discovered the gun in his cell.
Both Ward and the woman claiming to be his wife gave false names, authorities said. Once he was identified, they learned that he is wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed robbery in Canton, Ga., north of Atlanta.
NBC station WNCN of Raleigh reported that Ward was being taken back to the hospital Friday for examination of "possible injuries that may have occurred" to his rectum.
In the meantime, he's charged in North Carolina with a half-dozen counts, including speeding, DWI, reckless driving and resisting arrest, the Highway Patrol said.
NBC stations WITN of Washington, N.C., and WNCN of Raleigh, N.C., contributed to this report by M. Alex Johnson of msnbc.com. Follow M. Alex Johnson on Twitter and Facebook.
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wha????
yeah, its one of those moments you read it and say..WTF...you wonder how, then think OMG..i don't want to know..kind of draw up a bit and run away screaming like a little girl..NNNNOOOO!!!!!...
"what what in the bu--..." Butter's South Park song when to heart with this dumbasssss
Yep...he must have had a hard time walking with a gun up his ****.
Should of had a concealed gun permit
He had a .38-caliber revolver, with a 4½-inch barrel up the what? Wow, what an a**........hole!
I admire his colonic fortitude.
Why?
holy sh*t
LOL
I remember the old come-back, "If it was up your butt, you'd know where it was".
It looks a little rusty, wonder how long it was there.
Nah Freefaller, that doesn't look like rust to me, butt (pun intended) a little bit of fecal.
pardon the expression.................. butt that's one big-assed gun!
... Butt wait there's more..bullets will soon be found?
They are now looking for the holster, gunbelt and bullets that go with it........
I'd hate to be the officer that had to test fire it....ick.
The term used in prison is "KEESTERING". The average person would be totally shocked to see what inmates "keester" -----that bart of the body can really stretch to hold multiple items!!!!
They haven't found the Subway $5 footlong yet have they?
If he shoved a gun that big where the sun don't shine...I don't want to know HOW he even managed it, or what he may have shoved up there as well.
He makes Richard Gere proud....
just wrong in too many ways. at least he used proper gun safety and made sure it was unloaded first. be funny as hell if he sneezed and blew his brains out, then Darwin award!
aarg plug it with lead!
Rectum? Darn near killed 'im.
If a Bubba tried to do him in jail, he was ready to let Bubba have it, in more ways than one.
My father had a gun like that stolen from him about forty years ago. Wouldn't it be weird if by some strange series of events that this gun turned out... No better not think like that. Let the Old Man rest in peace.
Eeeeewwww! I must say, he had to have been rectally gifted to be able to put a gun with a 4 inch barrel in his! Oh, wow! Go ahead and shot me now, because I think I have heard it all! Red
Oh, also, its too bad it was loaded! If it had been and gone off somehow, it would have cleared his mind! Red
I'm surprised that a man who could stuff a gun that big up his rectum was keeping company with a woman.
One just can't help but wonder if "homey" wasn't in prison before. I bet he will certainly be the "butt" of many jokes.
I almost died having my prostate checked, I'll be dammed if I would even consider trying to wedge something like that up my ..........
OK... I'll make an ASSumption here and say this probably isn't the first time he'll see things from the wrong side of the bars.
That being said, what else has been up there that could possibly have made it possible to put that hunk of steel where it definitely should NOT have been.
But then, he's probably always been a STINKY shot to begin with.
Too bad it wasn't loaded and gone off accidently. If it had, it would have been the perfect shot into what little brains he has.
OUCH!!! A derringer would have been easier. I wouldn't have wanted to test fire it. Butt I wouldn't even touch it.