Politics & Government
Slingshot-Firing Morris Man Gets Probation for Shooting at Cars
Lawrence Ball, a former county worker, must submit to mental health treatment.

A former Morris County employee will be on probation for five years after he used a slingshot to fire at passing cars.
Lawrence Ball, 55, of Randolph was sentenced Friday to five years probation by Judge Robert J. Gilson. Ball, a 19-year Morris employee, had pleaded guilty March 12 to third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon (a BB gun) and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose (a slingshot).
Ball was arrested on Sept. 13, 2010, after authorities reported he had been firing the weapons at passing cars, acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp said in a release.
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The Randolph man will have to submit to mental health treatment as a condition of his probation. Ball also must forfeit public employment, any weapons he may own as well as his firearm identification card.
Gilson also ordered Ball to pay restitution to his victims.
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