N.J. cop's gun range stapler accident and its $2 million fallout
N.J. cop's gun range stapler accident and its $2 million fallout
One staple may cost New Jersey taxpayers more than $2 million.
Christopher Onesti, who now lives in Drexel Hill, Pa., collects a police disability pension for life because he stapled the ring finger of his non-shooting hand. State authorities ruled he is totally and permanently disabled no longer able to handle a gun or perform duties as a New Jersey Transit cop.
Yet as a retiree, Onesti now visits firing ranges to shoot a high-powered rifle for fun between trips to the bank to cash nearly $46,000 a year in tax-free pension checks.
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Onesti was taking a required firearms test at the range when wind blew his target down. The New Jersey Transit police officer tried to reattach it with a staple gun.Instead, Onesti mishandled the tool, piercing the base of his left ring finger with a staple. The wound was the size of a pinprick, according to his testimony. After applying a Band Aid, he successfully completed the qualifying test.
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