The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened its new San Diego headquarters Tuesday.

The building, located at 10385 Vista Sorrento Parkway, sits right off Interstate 805 in Sorrento Valley. Most of the FBI’s San Diego operations are now under one roof.

“This state-of-the art facility allows many of our employees to come together and be co-located to focus on the important investigative work that we do,” said Special Agent in Charge Daphne Hearn.

Besides a gym and courtyard, the building features meeting space large enough to accommodate all of the agency’s employees. It’s also the only FBI office in the country where the regional computer forensics lab (RCFL) is located inside the FBI building itself, Hearn said.

“When you walk through it, you’re just proud to work here,” she said.

The FBI’s old headquarters were located on Aero Drive in Kearny Mesa.
 

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San Diego’s food lines are filled with working families, children and seniors shut out by the Great Recession according to survey results released Tuesday.

The 30-page report provides a portrait of the people receiving San Diego Food Bank assistance by analyzing the demographic, economic and social factors driving that demand said author Lynn Reaser, Ph. D., Chief Economist at Point Loma Nazarene University.

“It turns out the portrait of Food Bank recipients is a picture that looks very much like you or I,“ Reaser said adding, “Your co-workers, your neighbors, the people you see every day but you would never expect to see in the food lines.” 

Reaser released the report that is the first ever county-wide survey of the organization’s clients. Research teams interviewed 550 households who were in line to receive food in October 2012 and their findings dispel the myth that the San Diego Food Bank helps only the homeless.

“Really, it’s the working poor and this study reaffirms that,” said James A. Floros, President & CEO of the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank.

Two-thirds of Food Bank households have one or more family members employed. Nearly 40-percent have one wage earner. Another 30-percent have two or more wage earners. “Either they don’t make enough wages or they don’t work enough hours,” Reaser explained.

Seniors who may have been laid off by the recent downturn in the economy and cannot find new work make up 24-percent of the retirees served by the organization.

Food Bank families are usually one person larger than the countywide average the research shows. The average Food Bank family is between three and four members or about one person more than the county average. That person is often a child, Reaser said.

More than half the recipients are Hispanic. Caucasians account for 29-percent, Asians represent 8-percent, African-Americans represent 3-percent and Native Americans account for 2-percent of recipients according to the study.

While about half only need assistance for about 6 months, a quarter of the recipients have been depending on the Food Bank for one to three years.

“They need help to get off the Food Bank process,” businessman and philanthropist Malin Burnham said.

“We need to know more about our clients,” Burnham said adding that the work doesn’t end with the survey results.

“We also need to be able to help them in educating them on better food habits, better eating, better health habits,” he said suggesting brochures teaching families how to supplement the food donation.

Floros said the board is interested in feeding people but also finding out the root cause of hunger and working with partners including the County Board of Supervisors.

Some solutions include job training, programs on financial planning and education in nutrition and meal preparation.

The San Diego Food Bank said it serves nearly 350,000 people in need every month and distributed 17.9 million pounds of food in fiscal year 2011 – 2012.

To participate in the Senior Food Program for those 60 or older, annual household income cannot exceed $19,669. Each participant receives one box of food a month. The box contains a variety of food including: reduced-fat milk, instant non-fat milk, canned meats, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, cheese, rice, pasta, fruit juice and cereal.

For the Emergency Food Assistance Program, annual income cannot exceed $22,695 for a two-person household.  A typical EFAP bag includes canned meats, vegetables, soups, fruit juice and/or fruits, spaghetti, rice, beans and frozen foods.

Wind gusts up to 60 mph kicked up a massive sandstorm in Lancaster Tuesday forcing the hours-long closure of the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, where at least two massive pile-ups occurred, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Both sides of the 14 Freeway were closed between Avenue A and Avenue D. The shutdown began about 4:45 p.m. and ended shortly after 8 p.m.

At least six people were hurt in two separate pile-ups -- one involving 20 vehicles, the other involving five vehicles -- that were blamed on the sandstorm, CHP said.

“It’s kind of nerve-racking because it’ll blow your car over a little bit," driver Megan Lecornu said. "So I just got all the way over into the far right lane, so if I do go over, I’m going into the side instead."

An NBC4 viewer snapped a photo, pictured below, of the 14 Freeway backup and the low visibility caused by the sand storm.

The Avenue D overpass remained closed at 11:30 p.m. while investigators probed a crash involving a white car that went under a big rig. That crash happened about 8 p.m., just as the winds were slowing. CHP officials said they do not believe this crash was related to the visibility-depleting sandstorm.

City News Service contributed to this report.

Sometimes, a teapot is just a teapot. Other times, it sort of looks like Adolf Hitler if you squint.

That's apparently the case on a JC Penney billboard in Culver City, Calif. Photos of the big ad posted to social media websites have gone viral, prompting the retailer to take down the billboard.

Viewers argued that the teapot looked almost like a minimalist caricature of the late German dictator, who masterminded the Holocaust and whose aggressive annexations of other countries led to World War II.

The teapot's rounded handle swoops down to the right, much like the despot's hairstyle. A little knob atop the lid looks a little bit like his signature mustache.

A thin, vertical reflection in the metal of the pot falls right about where a necktie would hang. The teapot's spout juts out like a Nazi salute.

JC Penney has responded to angry, offended and amused Twitter users.

"Certainly not intentional," the company tweeted. "We would have gone with something cute. Think 'puppy dog', not dictator."

The company then posted a photograph of another teapot, saying, "If we'd designed the kettle to look like something, we would've gone (with) this." 

The new teapot was sculpted in the likeness of a smiling snowman holding some sort of red bird.

Though, if you squint...

@jaffejuice @AdscamGeorge @BobKnorpp Certainly not intentional. We would have gone with something cute. Think "puppy dog", not dictator.

— jcpenney (@jcpenney) May 29, 2013

A New York man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit is celebrating a new milestone in his life as an exonerated man: a master's degree in criminal justice.

Jeffrey Deskovic received his degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice on Tuesday. 

"I've come so far, between there and now, and the emotions kind of got the better of me," he said. 

Deskovic was 16 when he was convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl in Peekskill, despite the fact that the DNA didn't match. But police got him to confess.

"They wore me down after interrogating me for seven and a half hours," said Deskovic. "I didn't have an attorney present, my parents didn't know where I was, I wasn't given anything to eat." 

While in prison, Deskovic fought for his freedom with the help of The Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people. In 2006, he was freed, but getting used to normal life proved difficult.

So Deskovic decided to return to school, and in addition to getting his master's, he also started the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice to help other innocent people get out of prison.

Thanks to the foundation, William Lopez was released from prison in January after serving more than 23 years for a murder he didn't commit.

Lopez now regards Deskovic as an inspiration.

"He was also incarcerated for so many years, and to have achieved this -- it's extraordinary," he said.

Deskovic has received a more than $8 million settlement, some of which was used to establish the foundation. But with a dozen or so active cases, and another 800-plus applications to consider, he's always searching for grants and donations.

"I need to feel like I'm making some sort of a difference so I can make some sense out of what happened to me," he said.

Should non-nurses be allowed to administer insulin shots to students on campus?

That's the question the California Supreme Court will try to answer this week when they begin hearing arguments for the controversial proposal.

The American Diabetes Association is urging the California Supreme Court to rule in favor of the plan, saying "every child with diabetes has the right to access life-saving insulin when at school to keep them healthy."

Meanwhile, the California Nurses Association worries children may be at risk of complications when non-nurses are allowed to give the medication.

A woman survived a fiery crash in suburban Chicago early Wednesday thanks to a good Samaritan who helped her escape the wreck.

State Police said the woman crossed four lanes of traffic on northbound I-290 in Elk Grove Village before slamming into a concrete barrier. The witness who saved her was on his way home from "Fast & Furious 6" when he saw what looked like a scene from the movie.

"I just saw her come over this [expressway] and then careen right into this wall," Austin Ketelsen said. "Jeez, everything was just so fast."

Ketelsen also moved fast, running over to get the driver out of the minivan before it burst into flames. Ketelsen said the woman's face was bleeding and she seemed dazed when he told her she had to get out of the vehicle because it was on fire.

"I could tell that she was rummaging for something, like maybe her phone," he said. "We were like, 'Miss, your car's on fire. You need to get out.'"

The two walked away before the minivan became fully engulfed. The woman was taken by ambulance to Alexian Brothers Hospital. It's not clear how bad her injuries are.

Firefighters said the woman has Ketelsen to thank for saving her life.

"We appreciate their efforts and any other bystander that stopped and offered assistance," Battalion Chief Scott Peterson said. "That made it a happy ending tonight, that we didn't have a fatality and we were able to successfully get her out of that van before it got engulfed in fire."

Firefighters were able to put out the fire without traffic issues. State Police said the woman was charged with driving under the influence.
 

Local home prices have spiked in the past year, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

In San Diego, the index showed a gain of 12.1 percent in the year ending in March 2013. Local prices grew at faster pace than the national figure, which grew at 10.2 percent, the biggest gain in six years.

But those figures are lower than those of the San Diego Association of Realtors, which reported median single-family home prices climbed 23 percent in the year ending in April 2013.

One local Real Estate Broker said prices are over-inflated.

"A 20 percent increase would tell you that, yes," said Scott Vinson, owner and broker at Coldwell Banker Royal Realty in Chula Vista.

"I would like to see the market slow down a little, from a broker's standpoint. I'd like it to slow down and get those first-time buyers involved and getting them buying homes before it's too late," Vinson said.

Army veteran Gilbert Manalo considers himself very lucky to be in his new home. For more than a year, he made bids on multiple houses, and his offers were constantly getting trumped.

"It was very difficult, especially for VA Buyers," Manalo said.

In February, Manalo was able to get into a 1,600 square foot home in Paradise Hills for less than $300,000, a level where buyers like Gilbert often lose to cash rich investors.

"That happens to be the price point that every bidder out there-- the investors and the first-time buyers-- are trying to get a hold of," Vinson said.

After 10 days on the market, his listing on Skyline Drive has received 22 offers from a mix of investors and first-time buyers. It will likely fetch more than the 225-thousand dollar asking price.

Vinson said some investors have orders for their real estate agents to purchase homes under a certain price without even looking at the property in hopes of purchasing it for a quick remodel and flip.

He hopes less wealthy home buyers don't get shut out of the market creating a stronger foundation for the local housing industry.
 

Facebook made a mea culpa, acknowledging in a blog post that it has "become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate."

On Tuesday, Mark Levine, vice president of global public policy, said the Menlo Park-social media giant announced several steps the company would be taking to monitor and train its teams to review and evaulate hateful speech and harmful content on Facebook sites, while working with legal experts and women's coalitions in taking improper posts down. Early in the day, at least 800 people had "liked" the change.

Facebook's announcement did not specifically mention this month's threats against U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)  —  which were posted on a military-oriented Facebook page that graphically belittled her and her efforts to stem sexual misconduct in the military. But it did come within the same month that the congresswoman has been quite vocal about military members posting denigrating comments on Facebook.

MORE: U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier Calls on Marines to End Vulgar Facebook Page

Speier is not the only one who has felt denigrated; other feminist groups have wanted to ban Facebook pages and posts that glorify violence against women, too.

Speier was threatened on a Facebook page, littered with comments by some active-duty Marines, shortly after she had sent a letter May 8 to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informing him of a Facebook page which, according to Speier, helped "contribute to a culture that permits and seems to encourage sexual assault and abuse."

U.S. Capitol Police, who are investigating the threats, have asked Speier and her staff not to divulge the nature of the threat. Facebook has since taken the page down.

In addition, there were photos posted mocking Jewish concentration camp prisoners, African Americans, and President Barack Obama, shown with a rope around his neck. But the Facebook page's primary theme involved deriding women in the military, particularly those within the Marines. The administrator posted pictures titled "this is my rape face," and "I can 'bang' even when I'm not on my back!!" atop the image of a woman holding a gun in her camouflage uniform.

There also was a picture of Speier, photoshopped with a black eye. One poster — whose personal Facebook page lists his occupation as "Military infantry" — wrote of Speier: "I still firmly believe someone needs to struggle snuggle the s*** outta her."

In a brief interview Tuesday at a California restaurant, Speier told NBC Bay Area that the military has a "big job ahead of itself cleaning up a very distorted culture that has been allowed to persist for decades."

Facebook, which also lists its "law enforcement guidelines," has been known to cooperate with police agencies with active investigations that may delve into a suspect's Facebook accounts and activity. To read Facebook's prohibited speech and community standards, click here.

Speier has been actively campaiging for the military to more to crack down on vulgar Facebook pages by its members.In her May 8 letter, also sent to Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, Speier said it was her "understanding that not only is the Marine Corps Inspector General aware of this page and monitoring it, but they have been doing so for over three years."

MORE: Facebook Shutters Page That Taunted Lawmaker's Push to Curb Military Rape

Speier has authored three bills aimed at transforming the military justice system’s treatment of sexual assault cases. Those include the STOP Act (HR 1593), which seeks to take all cases of sexual assault outside of the chain of command by creating an independent office within the military to handle the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of such crimes. The bipartisan bill has 122 co-sponsors but has not been placed into consideration for a House vote.

NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro contributed to this report.
 

LONGTIME PAIRING: There were vineyards long before the invention of the hot air balloon -- hope we're not spoiling any time-travel-y type story ideas you have in your writing folder -- but once balloons lifted off the twosome went down in history as something special. Why? Well, there's something that downright enchanted about floating high above wine country while spying all of those neat little squares and rectangles below, each one a different vineyard. Wine regions are pretty from the ground, but above? Please. They're absolute paintings, and anyone who says we're going to far with that description needs to search out some images online and rethink their stance. Plus, once your balloon lands? A glass of wine, or bubbly, is frequently enjoyed. It's all win-win, and there are likely a few more wins we're not even considering. And when you consider the three-day party that's just ahead for Temecula Valley, you might as well throw in a few extra wins beyond balloons and wine (including wins signifying food, music, entertainment, art, and other good stuff).

HAPPY 30TH! The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival is set to catch air from Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2. One of the state's biggest balloon bashes is indeed marking three decades this year, meaning the tried-and-loved staples'll be out: an evening Balloon Glow, a mondo arts and crafts dealie, and two stages for music. Plus vino, one of the two stars of the show, a star that is no less colorful than the big balloons capturing all of the camera attention. We'd go for the food & wine pairing sessions, or the beer & food pairings, if that's your thing. They're ticketed separately, note, so investigate before making for Lake Skinner.

Oh, and your general tickets? They'll run $17/day to $25/day, at the gate, depending on whether you show on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday (Saturday's the big day, no surprise). But you can get 'em for less online. It's a pretty deal indeed, though not as pretty as seeing a vineyard from a hot air balloon.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 Wednesday morning near Isla Vista, just west of Santa Barbara, and two aftershocks rattled the Southern California coast and a few inland areas.

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The off-shore quake was reported at 7:38 a.m. The location (map) was about three miles west of Isla Vista and 12 miles west of Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The quake was initially reported with a magnitude of 4.9, but downgraded to magnitude-4.6.

NBC LA Facebook page visitors reported shaking in Oxnard, Granada Hills, Woodland Hills, Canyon Country and Santa Barbara.

"I could hear my entire spiral staircase rattling, and it woke me up," said Jen Marlow, of Oxnard Shores. "It lasted a pretty long time."

Two magnitude-2.6 aftershocks were reported within an hour of the initial shaking.

There were no reports of injuries or significant damage, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. No tsunami warnings, advisories or watches are in effect

A small vegetation fire burned in Mission Valley on Wednesday morning, according to officials.

The incident happened around 9 a.m. at Friars Road and Napa Street in the riverbed behind the trolley tracks.

Fire crews are at the scene and no evacuations have been ordered.

Check back for updates on this story.

A potential conflict of interest in the ranks of San Diego's School Board is now under the scrutiny of district lawyers.

Board Trustee Richard Barrera has accepted the position of Executive Director of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council.

The local coalition of unions includes the teachers union.

Barrera, who is in his second term on the San Diego Unified School Board, said he'll recuse himself from voting on matters that the Labor Council takes a position on but he won't resign.

“I was elected with 98-percent of the vote,” Barrera told NBC 7 San Diego. “I believe we are doing a great job. We have a good team.”

“I committed to the voters that I will be here through my term which ends in 2016. I absolutely will not resign this position,” Barrera said.

Barrera says the school district attorneys are researching any conflicts of interest and will soon give their opinion.

Meantime, Barrera is not taking part in any of the board's labor discussions.

Barrera was first elected to the San Diego Unified School Board in 2008 in an unchallenged election after his predecessor, Luis Acle, failed to gather enough valid signatures on a petition to qualify for the ballot in the June 2008 primary election.

He has served as a San Diego regional organizer for both the United Domestic Workers and United Healthcare Workers.

For the first time in San Diego’s history, the mayor says he’s come to a five-year agreement with not just one labor organization but six labor groups.

For 18 years, Sgt. James Gartland has been able to call the beachfront his office. But for the past seven, it's been less than picture perfect.

"No, we've had pay cuts for the last seven years," Gartland said.

Those days are about to change.

On Tuesday, Mayor Bob Filner announced a long-awaited deal between the city and its 10,000 employees

It's a deal that gives annual pay raises adding up to about 5-percent over the next three years. In exchange, the city will save about $60 million in pension payments. Read Pay Increase Summary

Mayor Filner said the deal will give the city an incredible amount of money in its budget.

"That allows us to do things for employees, end the furloughs that were imposed,” Filner said.

“It allows us to add things to our budget like certain positions that we've added,” he said. “ It allows us to have a more optimistic view.”

San Diego will even get more money for the common complaint heard by city leaders in every district – potholes.

“We have more money for pothole repair than we've ever had in our history," Filner said.

While finally increasing paychecks for firefighters, police, and lifeguards among others, this compensation is clearly a compromise for both sides.

"Everybody had to give something to get here. Nobody got what they wanted, believe me," the mayor told reporters Tuesday.

Read Municipal Employees Agreement | Read Teamsters Agreement

"It isn't going to make us whole on what we've been cut,” Gartland said. “It's not going to keep up with the increases in healthcare, and the increases in cost of living."

But at the very least, Gartland says he's reminded every day why it costs so much to live here.

"I'm a lifeguard in San Diego. I'm lucky. I love my job," he said.

While the mayor is calling this a five-year agreement as far as the pension part of it goes, the pay raises will be negotiable again after year three.

The tentative agreements still have to be ratified by the unions' members. If so, they'll go into effect July 1st.
 

A wanted man who officials considered armed and dangerous was arrested in Tierrasanta on Tuesday afternoon, according to the sheriff's department.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tony Lee Burleson around 4:45 p.m. at 6090 Santo Rd. -- right outside a daycare center. The 43-year-old was wanted for lewd and lascivious acts with a child.

Officials said he was driving a bright yellow Hummer SUV.

Burleson has brain cancer and has a history of impersonating a law enforcement official, according to the sheriff’s department.

Officials also said he also may have been experimenting with drugs and has numerous registered weapons.

Check back for information on this story.

Pearl Gosnell, the wife of convicted murderer and former abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, could spend nearly two years in prison for crimes she allegedly committed at her husband's West Philadelphia clinic.

The 51-year-old was sentenced to seven to 23 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to several charges, including criminal conspiracy and performing an illegal late-term abortion at her husband's corrupt and dirty facility, the Women's Medical Society.

Pearl cried before Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner during her sentencing hearing in an 11th floor courtroom at the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center.

Surrounded by the couple's children and other family members, the mother of six told the court her husband deserved to be in prison.

"I hope he's in jail forever, which is where he should be," she said.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is serving three life sentences for allegedly murdering three newborn babies during late-term abortion procedures. He was also found guilty in the 2009 overdose death of patient Karnamaya Mongar and for more than 200 abortion law violations.

Through tears, Pearl sounded defeated as she apologized for the doctor's actions.

"His cowardly actions have left me to say sorry," she told the judge.

She says her husband lied to her about performing late-term abortions, claiming the babies were only as old as 23 weeks. That's one week shy of the legal cutoff for abortions in Pennsylvania.

Prosecutors say late-term abortions were regularly performed at the clinic. When it was raided in 2010, investigators found filthy conditions, old equipment and untrained staff.

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams later nicknamed the facility a "House of Horrors" in a 2011 grand jury report.

The couple's teenage daughter Alexandra and college-age son Baron Gosnell also spoke to the court about their mother's character. They called her loving and supportive.

Pearl and Kermit Gosnell, have been married for more than 20 years. They have two children together — a college-age son and teenage daughter. Kermit has four older children from other marriages.

Lead prosecutor in the case, Joanne Pescatore, disagreed with the Pearl's statement. Pescatore told Judge Lerner Pearl benefited monetarily by the kind of operation her husband was running.

"She made money off the backs of these women," Pescatore said. She asked the judge to impose a nine to 23 month sentence.

After hearing the testimony, Judge Lerner handed down the seven to 23 month sentence. He credited her for two and a half months time already served — meaning she'll be available for parole after nearly five months. Although, she could spend nearly two years total in prison.

Currently on house arrest, Pearl will have 30 days to turn herself in at one of the city's six prisons.

Once she is released, her attorney says life will not be easy. Her attorney told the Associated Press, the family's surname will forever brand her.

"Her name is still Gosnell, unfortunately," he said. "I guess it's like being Mrs. Frankenstein."

Two other former employees were also scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday.

Adrienne Moton was freed on time served after her hearing. In the emotional proceedings, Moton's family testified that she had changed during her time in prison as the case dragged on. Even Pescatore said she had changed.

Lynda Williams was also set to be sentenced, but her case was postponed because of another upcoming trial.

A Santee man who describes himself as a security expert was arrested on several felony counts of child abuse officials said Wednesday.

Tony Burleson, 43, was booked on four counts of felony child abuse or more specifically, lewd and lascivious acts with children.

On Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., Burleson was found asleep in his Hummer on Santo Road in Tierrasanta. The vehicle was parked near a Bright Horizons daycare center.

San Diego County sheriff’s deputies had been looking for Burleson since Friday when they were contacted by an alleged victim claiming abuse decades ago. Detectives interviewed the person and then found three more victims in this case but would not go into specifics in order to protect the victims’ identities.

When asked if there were any recent victims, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Lt. James Bolwerk said “We believe right before this was found out, there may have been something going on.”

Since Burleson was a firearms instructor, deputies believed he was armed and dangerous and sent out an alert to other law enforcement agencies.

His website offers training ranging from how to handle evidence to how to use stun guns and tasers.

One of Burleson’s side businesses is fugitive apprehension according to Bolwerk.

He was not armed at the time of his arrest.

The defendant was rumored to have referred to himself as belonging to different law enforcement agencies but Bolwerk could not give specific information.

Burleson was schedule to appear in an El Cajon courtroom for an arraignment Wednesday afternoon. He was being held on $150,000 bail.

If there are any additional victims or witnesses, investigators say they can contact them at (858) 565-5200.
 

A grandmother found a loaded gun on the seat of a ride at Disney World's Animal Kingdom on Sunday, an Orange County Sheriff's Office incident report said.

An attendant of the Dinosaur ride said that on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. a woman handed her a gun, which turned out to be a Cobra 380 Caliber automatic, containing five hollow point bullets, the report said. And then a boy who was with the woman said, "my grandma found it on her seat," the report said.

The attendant called her manager, who in turn told Disney security and the sheriff's office. Disney security responded and gave the weapon to an off-duty turnstile deputy, who then unloaded it, the report said.

When authorities responded to the incident, the off-duty deputy was with another man, identified as Angelo Lista, from Royal Palm Beach. He gave them his Florida driver's license and a valid concealed weapons permit, the report said.

Lista told authorities he had arrived earlier with his family and had gone through the security check area, but the gun was in his back pocket, so the issue never came up, the report said. Lista said he didn't know he was supposed to tell Disney security he had a gun because it wasn't posted.

"Angelo thought that the bag check was being conducted only to search for bombs or explosives and did not know people were not allowed to bring guns," the report said.

Lista told authorities that he thinks the gun fell out of his back pocket on the ride because the ride was "extremely bumpy," the report said.

Upon realizing the gun wasn't in his pocket, he went back to the ride and then to the area where people were getting off the ride trying to get the gun back, the report said.

"Angelo said he would comply and was very apologetic for what happened," the report said.

Lista was asked to leave the property for the rest of the day, and the gun was confiscated for safe keeping. He was told he could pick it up from the sheriff's office evidence department.

The sheriff's office said the case was closed.

A telephone message seeking comment from Disney wasn't immediately returned.