Vernon man found guilty of possessing firearm illegally in Polson Park

Vernon man found guilty of possessing firearm illegally in Polson Park

Maxwell Buchanan was found guilty despite arguing it was a case of innocent possession and that he had intended to hand the gun in to the RCMP

Convicted Vernon man says he was trying to give sawed-off shotgun to RCMP when arrested

A BC judge has rejected a Vernon man's story that he was on the way to the police station to hand over a sawed-off shotgun when he was arrested. Maxwell Buchanan had said that he'd been given the gun hours earlier to pay off a debt, but soon realized he didn't want it. The 29-year-old said he decided to drop it off at the Vernon RCMP detachment and was trying to flag down the police car to hand over the weapon when he was arrested. However, J…