A 64-year-old Erie man who tried to sell an antique pistol on the Discovery Channel TV show “American Guns” in December is now accused of stealing the $20,000 gun revolver from a private museum in New Mexico.
Wylie Gene Newton is seen on the show, which is filmed at the Gunsmoke Guns in Wheat Ridge, trying to sell two black powder revolvers. A viewer contacted Santa Fe authorities looking for a stolen 1800s vintage Colt Dragoon black powder revolver.
On the episode, first aired in December, Newton says he had fired the rare gun. “What’s the point in having a gun if you can’t shoot it,” he says as the cameras roll. Read more….