EAST HAMPTON, Conn. -- A man shot in the neck by a 9-year-old faced a judge Thursday.

Police said Joseph Simonelli, 60, of East Hampton, suffered a gunshot wound to the neck on Sunday. He has been treated and released from an area hospital. Police have since deemed the shooting accidental.

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Simonelli was arrested on Thursday and charged with criminally negligent storage of firearms, risk of injury of a minor, reckless endangerment, giving a false statement and falsely reporting an incident.

He faced a judge at Middletown Superior Court on Thursday afternoon, saying he didn't do anything wrong.

When asked how he would plea, Simonelli responded, "Guilty to what? Being shot?"

Simonelli said later, "I sat on the couch and got shot. That was it. ... I have no further comment. I'm tired. I'm recuperating from a gunshot wound."

Investigators said they found 20 firearms in the bedroom of Simonelli's son -- one was loaded and most of them were unsecured.

That discovery came in addition to another 62 rifles, shotguns and machine guns in the rest of the house, in an area that police said was locked.

"I sat on the couch and got shot. That was it. ... I have no further comment. I'm tired. I'm recuperating from a gunshot wound." - Joseph Simonelli

Simonelli told the court all his guns were locked away.

When asked how the boy accessed the gun used to shoot Simonelli, Simonelli responded, "He broke into the cabinet."

Simonelli then agreed to taking additional safeguards that were not specified.

According to the arrest affidavit, authorities also found in Simonelli's home also a grenade launcher, crossbows and massive amounts of ammunition.

Simonelli remains held on a $25,000 bond.

Police said Simonelli's wife initially didn't want investigators to know about the weapons or the accidental shooting.

Police said she told investigators that she fears her husband, whom she claimed had previously threatened to kill her and bury her in their back yard.

When asked about that in court, Simonelli said, "I have no clue what my wife said."

Simonelli's wife also faces similar negligence charges on allegations that she did not take steps to safeguard her child.

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