Prosecutors to review armed lawmaker's case
St. Paul police say they've turned over the case involving an armed state legislator to the city attorney's office for review.
Police spokesman Andy Skoogman tells KSTP-TV investigators contacted state Rep. Tom Hackbarth about inconsistencies in the story he gave officers the night his gun was seized in the parking lot of a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul. A security guard called police after spotting Hackbarth's firearm.
Hackbarth of Cedar wasn't arrested in the incident about two weeks ago. He has a permit to carry a weapon in public.
Hackbarth, 58, told police that he was in the area looking for a woman he had been dating and he wasn't aware that he was parked outside a clinic where abortions are performed. St. Paul Deputy City Attorney Therese Skarda says she has not reviewed the case.
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Information from: KSTP-TV
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