The idea of a worker showing up to a site and finding something unexpected is a common enough trope. Depending on the genre of a piece of entertainment, they might find the murder victim in a police procedural, become the victim of a monster in a horror film, or who knows what else.
And, to be fair, a lot of workers actually do find a lot of weird things.
However, a story out of Ohio caused me to raise an eyebrow or two, not just because of what they found, but because it wasn’t the first time.
A maintenance worker investigating a water leak discovered three handguns and nearly 60 strips of prescription medication hidden above the ceiling of a Boardman business Thursday morning.
Police were called to the single-story, brick commercial building at 6900 Market St. The worker told officers he was checking for the source of a water leak when he noticed a ceiling tile that felt heavier than the others.
When he removed the tile, he found a brown and silver Ruger revolver, a black Glock 10mm handgun, and a pink Sig Sauer handgun. Police also recovered nearly 60 strips of buprenorphine and naloxone, a medication often sold under the brand name Suboxone, packaged in a clear bag.
This is the second time in just over a month that weapons have been discovered at the location. According to the police report, two firearms were recovered from the ceiling in a similar incident on Dec. 2.
This is also similar to an incident in Youngstown, Ohio, from September. That’s less than 15 miles away, according to Google Maps.
To be fair, stashing guns and drugs above ceiling tiles seems like a fairly obvious solution to hiding stuff from the police while making it easily retrievable later on. That particular location appears to be a plus-sized consignment shop, which probably means there are dressing rooms that could be useful for stashing things so the police won’t find them, yet still accessible down the road.
But twice in the same location?
Based on what I could tell, that’s not a super high-crime area. It’s got a moderate amount of it in the area, but it’s also just a couple of blocks from a very high-crime part of the city, which could be linked to these discoveries.
That’s just potential speculation on my part, based on what I can find on the internet, versus what someone who lives there might tell me.
Still, if I owned that store, I’d start checking ceiling tiles a lot more often and making it untenable to stash guns and drugs in my establishment. Especially as, should that happen enough, city leaders might decide your business license isn’t worth renewing.
On the upside, if you ever need a gun in Boardman, Ohio, I think I know a place you’ve got a good chance of finding one, though I wouldn’t want the police catching me with anything I might find there. I suspect none of it was legally obtained by those who stashed their stuff there.
Let’s just call it a hunch.
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22 Comments
Three guns in a ceiling—someone was either desperate or really reckless.
That pink Sig Sauer is unusual—why hide it with the other two?
Three handguns in the ceiling—definitely not part of the usual maintenance checklist.
Imagine showing up to fix a leak and uncovering something like this instead. Crazy!
That’s quite the surprise for a maintenance worker! Wonder what the story behind those hidden guns and drugs is.
The mix of guns and prescription drugs makes me wonder if this was a drug-related stash or something else.
Why hide medication with firearms? That’s a dangerous combination.
Maybe the person didn’t want them found separately.
Police must be reviewing security footage to see who placed them there. This could take a while.
Cops probably have a tough job tracing where those guns came from. Hope they find the owner quickly.
Suboxone strips found alongside guns? Sounds like this case has multiple mysteries to unravel.
I wonder if this business had a history of theft or break-ins.
Great question—would explain why someone would hide things in the ceiling.
Business owners should probably check their ceilings more often after this.
Good point—who knows what else could be hiding up there?
Or maybe they should install better security first.
Hope the workers at that building feel safe now. I’d be a little uneasy.
Good call—security should be reviewed after this.
Six strips of prescription meds don’t seem like much. Maybe this was just a small-time operation.
Did the worker notice any unusual signs before discovering the weapons? Seems odd to miss something like that in a ceiling.
Dunno about Ohio, but in my state, you’d never find that much hidden without someone noticing.
Unauthorized weapons and drugs in a workplace? Seems like a serious security breach.