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L. SAUCON TWP, Joisey - District Judge Diane Repyneck threw out 17 citations Monday against a 62-year-old township man accused of violating local gun laws. The judge ruled Richard Seruga of the 3800 block of Bee Line Drive was guilty of one count of disorderly conduct but was not in violation of any other township laws when he repeatedly fired his gun at a target behind his home. Repyneck's decision to dismiss the firearm citations upholds a ruling she made in Seruga's favor in October.
Assistant District Attorney Vivian Zumas argued Monday that township laws restricting firearm use within 150 feet of an occupied dwelling applied to Seruga, whom police said discharges his weapon too close to neighboring homes.
Township police officer Ronald Jones testified that after citing Seruga on one occasion, the Bee Line Drive man resumed shooting before the officer had left the property. Jones said Seruga told him to go back to the police department and find something else to charge him with.