Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested a Marine Corps sergeant last Wednesday after University employees discovered a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition in his Crawford Hall room during a maintenance inspection.

Frank Anello was arrested for possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition, according to police documents. Anello, who was staying in the residence hall temporarily, walked in during the inspection and told officers that he owned the pistol. University Police Department Chief Dolores Stafford said he is not affiliated with GW.

Anello declined to comment when reached by phone at his home in Pennsylvania. Former Washington Times editor Robert Stacy McCain wrote in his blog that he met Anello at the 30th National Conservative Student Conference, which was held on campus this week.