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January 1, 2013
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ROSEBURG: Man suspected of taking handgun

ROSEBURG Man suspected of taking handgun A Roseburg man accused of trying to leave a gun store with a handgun was arrested Monday on suspicion of first-degree theft. Zed Edison, 71, was in custody today in the Douglas County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. According to Roseburg police, Edison had traded in a .44 Magnum revolver to the Roseburg Gun Shop on Diamond Lake Boulevard five days earlier. He returned to the store before a background check for his new weapon was completed and took back his old sidearm, Sgt. Aaron Dunbar said. After store staff reported that a …

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