Man Carried Loaded Machine Gun into Manhattan Subway Station: Cops
Police recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson .45-caliber handgun and a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun.
Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 | Updated 6:32 AM EDT
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Police recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson .45-caliber handgun and a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun.
A South Carolina man has been arrested for carrying two loaded weapons into a city subway station, police say.
The NYPD says a police officer stopped the suspect after seeing him go into in Manhattan subway station Sunday night without paying. The officer then noticed a handgun in the man's waistband.
Police recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson .45-caliber handgun and a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun. Police say the machine gun was found inside a bag the man was carrying.
Police identified him as 33-year-old Allen Reggie of Columbia, S.C. He's charged with criminal possession machine gun, criminal possession weapon loaded firearm and other charges.
It was not immediately clear whether he has a lawyer.
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