- A Draper man faces charges for allegedly firing at his neighbor's property.
- Anthony Scorzato, 45, is accused of using a gun with a homemade silencer.
- Ballistics confirmed a slug from his gun matched one found in the yard, charges state.
DRAPER — A Draper man is facing criminal charges after police say he fired rounds at his neighbor's property with a gun equipped with a homemade silencer.
Anthony Louis Scorzato, 45, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with three counts of illegal discharge of a gun, a third-degree felony; and three counts of reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor.
The investigation began June 14 when a homeowner near 350 East and 12100 South found bullet holes throughout the property in his backyard.
Police responded and "observed four punctures in (the resident's) vinyl fence and three in the cover of his jacuzzi," according to charging documents. Inside the jacuzzi, officers found two bullet holes in the molding and one bullet still lodged in it.
A section of stucco was also missing from the air conditioning unit and an another bullet was found in the tray of the AC unit, according to the charges.
Two days later, police served a search warrant at Scorzato's residence "which is beyond the backyard of (the victim's) home," the charges state. Investigators determined that the shots "could have been fired from the front, southeast corner of (Scorzato's) deck" into the victim's backyard.
"During the search, law enforcement also located a cardboard box in the recycle bin. The box contained shotgun rounds and was perforated with holes similar in size to a 9mm bullet, which was consistent with the bullet holes in (the victim's) fence," according to the charges.
A few days later, a second warrant was served on Scorzato's home and police "located several firearms in the residence." The guns found in Scorzato's safe "appeared to be fitted with a homemade suppressor made out of electrical tape and a sprinkler head. Inside the handgun was ammunition matching the .22 caliber casing, located in the backyard of the victim's residence," the charges allege.
On Aug. 4, ballistics testing confirmed that one of the slugs found in the victim's backyard came from the gun with the homemade silencer, according to police.
"Scorzato is accused of discharging a firearm in the direction of an occupied home multiple times, putting the community at risk of significant injury or death," prosecutors summarized in the charging documents.
