Salton City Man Held on Firearms Violations
From Times Wire Reports
A California man was ordered to have a psychiatric exam after trying to enter a parking garage near U.N. headquarters with two firearms and a 5-gallon can of gasoline in his car.
Vernon Wilker, 59, of Salton City was sent to New York’s Bellevue Hospital for a 30-day evaluation. He was charged with three counts of firearms violation.
Wilker told authorities he had a property dispute in California and was coming to the United Nations to file a lawsuit, a spokesman for the world body said.
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