BRIDGEWATER, NJ — A report of a man with a gun prompted a vehicle search in Bridgewater on Tuesday.
On Aug. 27, there was a disturbance at the Delta Gas Station on Finderne Avenue.
Bridgewater Police got a call regarding a man with a gun and they put out a description of the vehicle to surrounding jurisdictions, said Bridgewater Police Chief John Mitzak.
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Officers then found the vehicle in the Wawa parking lot off Union Avenue and conducted a consent search of the vehicle for a gun. No gun was found, said Mitzak.
The “investigation determined that the owner of the vehicle had a cell phone attached to his hip and the gas attendant mistook the phone to be a gun,” said Mitzak.
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And no further police action was needed.
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