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Police investigating at a house in Boynton Beach, Fla., were interrupted by a 3-year-old boy who wanted to show officers his toys. He opened his toy box and pulled out several items including books, and a pistol. An officer immediately realized the gun was real, and grabbed it. It was loaded including a round in the chamber, and the safety was off. Rosalyn Faniel, 34, presumably the boy’s mother, said the gun wasn’t hers, and didn’t know it was there, but officers found a box of ammunition for the pistol on top of the fridge — and powder that tested positive for opiates. Faniel was arrested. And what were the officers there to investigate? “Possible child neglect.” (RC/Palm Beach Post) ...Confirmed.