Lepore himself has many unusual interests, including his gun collection, some of which are protected, in his home, by rigged tear gas. The family's house cleaner, Mariellen Scannell, recalled a time she went into the closet to get the vacuum cleaner, found that it was stuck. She looked in to see what the problem was and then immediately called Lepore. "What's the problem, Mariellen?" Lepore asked her. "Well, the vacuum cleaner seems to be wedged between a shotgun and a chain saw, and I'm a little concerned about having my head blown off," she told him.
