NEWINGTON, Conn. — The owner of Hoffman's Gun Center in Newington charged after police said he kept a $15,000 firearm that was wrongly delivered to his store in 2019.

Scott Hoffman was charged with stealing a firearm, and second degree larceny. He was scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

The arrest warrant said the Beretta 12-gauge shotgun was mistakenly delivered to Hoffman's Gun Center in 2019 and has been stored since then. When an employee attempted to sell the gun in July 2025, it was found to be listed as stolen in federal databases.

Police took custody of the gun and determined that the gun was originally supposed to be shipped to a so-called "big box" store, and included documentation where it was intended to be delivered.

When investigators interviewed a former employee,

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