Judge Orders Guns Returned to Man Who Allegedly Made Farmington Shooting Threat

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Gallagher has ruled that the state must return Torrington resident Robert Zordan's guns, after he allegedly threatened to shoot his co-workers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Farmington and Torrington police seized 13 guns from Zordan's home on December 27, but did not have a warrant and did not follow proper protocol, the Chronicle article said.

A public hearing should have been held two weeks after the weapons were taken, according to state law, but hearings did not begin until Jan. 15, 2013, the Chronicle reports.

"Unless they are being withheld from the respondent for any other legally valid reasons, his weapons must be returned to him," Gallagher is quoted as writing in the Chronicle. "The hearing was not held within the time period mandated."

Zordan allegedly threatened to shoot his co-workers after storming out of a meeting at Connecticut Spring and Stamping. A friend reported the conversation to a boss, who contacted the Farmington Police.

Farmington Police spokespeople have previously stated that the department took responsible steps to ensure public safety.

Zordan has not yet entered a plea for the charges of illegal possession of an assault weapon, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree threatening, according to the Hartford Superior Court clerk's office. His next court date is set for July 16.