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New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Man Sentenced In Virginia Gun-Running Scheme Jersey City Man Sentenced In Virginia Gun-Running Scheme
Jersey City Man Sentenced In Virginia Gun-Running Scheme A Jersey City man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for masterminding a scheme to illegally bring firearms from Virginia to New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia said Monday.  Clifton "Moosky" Walston, 32, arranged to have Virginia residents purchase guns there for resale at a profit in New Jersey. The people involved were not licensed to conduct interstate firearms sales.  The scheme began in October 2017, when a convicted felon in Virginia who was an acquaintance of Walston's began buying weapons for New Jersey customers. Over the next se…

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by Paul Milo