Hoarder man arrested for being in possession of up to 10,000 stolen guns

Up to 10,000 guns were discovered in Nicholson's house  (C)CHESTERFIELDCOUNTYSHERIFF

51-year-old Brent Nicholson is behind bars on charges of possession of stolen property. Authorities have been sifting through between 8,000 and 10,000 guns, trying to determine where they came from, Chesterfield County Sheriff's Capt. Daniel Scott said. Nicholson who lives off Highway 9, outside the small town of Pageland in South Carolina had more than 100 law enforcements officials raiding the firearm-filled home working the scene for at least two days, and now have to go through the armory “piece to piece” to find the rightful owners of several thousand stolen weapons.
“None of us have ever seen anything anywhere close to this,” Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks told WBTV. More than Nicholson even hoarded hundreds more guns at his parent's home and at a liquor store he runs with his dad, police said.
“There were so many guns we quit counting after a while,” Brooks told the Charlotte observer.

51-year-old Nicholson is believed to be a hoarder

Nicholson also keeps taxidermy supplies   (C)CHESTERFIELDCOUNTYSHERIFF

Authorities are unsure why Nicholson needed so many guns.
“There’s no evidence that he even used them,” he added
“There’s no evidence that he was selling them — he just wanted them. His house looked like that hoarders program on TV.”
Guns weren't the only thing hidden inside the home, according to investigators. They also found 150 chainsaws and numerous taxidermy supplies among what Brooks described to WBTV as a "menagerie" of stolen property. The value of items seized from the home could total $1 million, Scott said.
"People would steal anything and bring it to him," Brooks told WBTV, "and they knew he would pay them cash for it."