This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows several items, including a handgun and badge of a federal agent, found in a backpack in shallow water by a man fishing at Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County. The agent said he got grief from his co-workers after his backpack went overboard during a 1992 boat trip, according to the Los Angeles Times. (AP Photo/ Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) (The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES – Water in Los Angeles County's Castaic Lake is so low amid California's drought that a fisherman has recovered a handgun and a badge that a federal agent lost in the water decades ago.
Sheriff's detectives say the shallow water exposed a backpack containing the items and it was plucked out by the fisherman on Thursday. The bag also contained a watch, ring and pager.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/1sizMYs) detectives were able to track down the agent, who works with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The agent said he got grief from his co-workers after his backpack went overboard during a 1992 boat trip.
The water level at the lake in northern Los Angeles County is down about 150 feet.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com
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