New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones, 25, was arrested Friday at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on a number of gun-related fees, in response to police.
Jones was planning to journey from Boston to Arizona when he was apprehended at a Transportation Safety Administration safety checkpoint, Massachusetts State Police mentioned, in response to WCVB. He now faces a number of fees, together with illegal possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large-capacity feeding system and possession of ammunition with no firearm identification card.
A TSA spokesperson instructed WCVB that brokers discovered two loaded weapons and ammunition in a passenger’s carry-on baggage with a ticket to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport. The incident occurred at round 5:20 p.m.
Police mentioned they had been referred to as to the TSA safety checkpoint in Terminal B after the TSA found the firearms and ammunition.
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New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones, 25, was arrested Friday at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on gun fees. (Getty)
Jones,who’s getting into his second yr within the NFL, was booked on the State Police Logan Airport Barracks on $50,000 bail, police mentioned. He’s scheduled to be arraigned in East Boston District Court docket subsequent week.
The Patriots mentioned in a press release that the franchise has been made conscious of the incident.
“We’re within the means of gathering extra info and won’t be commenting additional at the moment,” the assertion mentioned.
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Jack Jones was booked on the State Police Logan Airport Barracks. (Getty)
Based on the TSA, firearms can solely be taken on a industrial plane if they’re unloaded, packed in a locked, hard-sided case and positioned in checked baggage. Ammunition, firearm frames, receivers, clips and magazines additionally should be checked and can’t be transported in carry-on baggage.
The TSA mentioned Jones’ two weapons introduced the entire variety of firearms found by the company in carry-on baggage at Boston’s Logan Airport in 2023 as much as 10.
“Greater than 2,900 firearms have been found by TSA officers nationwide to date this yr,” the TSA mentioned. “Greater than 92% of these have been loaded.”
TSA brokers discovered two loaded weapons and ammunition in Jack Jones’ carry-on baggage. (Getty)
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The really useful civil penalty for bringing a firearm to the safety checkpoint can attain as much as a statutory most of greater than $14,950 per violation.
