Court Server Leaves Gun in Viera Walmart

After falling ill, a 65-year-old Brevard County court process server left his loaded 9-mm handgun at the sink of a Walmart restroom in Viera on Monday, but the sidearm was secured about a half-hour later without injury to anyone.

According to a report by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Ronald Kostin of Viera, an independent process server, felt sick around 9 a.m. Monday and went into the men’s restroom of the Walmart Supercenter at 8500 N. Wickham Road.


Under a concealed-weapons permit, Kostin carries a silver-and-black Makarov 9-mm, a Hungarian-made weapon most notably used in the former Soviet Union’s military. On Monday, it contained a clip with eight rounds.


“He placed his handgun on the sink in the handicap stall of the men’s restroom,” the case report said. “After he felt better, Mr. Kostin left in a hurry to go serve someone at Kennedy Space Center. He accidentally forgot the gun.”


Kostin drove northward to KSC, where he remembered the weapon and called the Walmart and the sheriff’s office. A manager went into the bathroom and secured the gun more than a half-hour after it was misplaced.


No customers came into contact with the firearm, according to the sheriff’s office.


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