Family Found Living In Nevada Museum With Weapons Cache

CARSON CITY, NV — A 41-year-old janitor at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada was arrested June 30 after authorities discovered he was living at the museum along with his wife and two children, according to multiple reports.

Authorities found evidence of a living area in a part of the museum off-limits to visitors with sleeping bags, mattresses, clothing and food, the Carson County Sheriff's Office said. Police also found a large stash of weapons as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a closet. Among the items in the weapons cache included an AK-47 rifle, three handguns, an AR-style pistol, magazines and ammunition, three silencers, a taser, a baton, pepper spray and knives.

Wilbert Calhoun is being charged with child abuse and neglect, possession of a silencer and possession of a short barrel rifle, according to Carson City jail records.

Calhoun's wife, who was a manager at the museum, has not been identified, and investigators did not say if she would be charged.

Police received a call that Calhoun's 2-year-old child was walking near the museum unsupervised. The toddler's older sister told authorities the family was living at the museum when they asked her for their address.

Both Calhoun and his wife have been fired, and the museum is closed until a new manager can be hired, according to News 4.

In a statement to the TV station, museum officials said they were "shocked and saddened" and were attempting to ensure "nothing like this will ever happen again."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.