A Florida guy has actually been prosecuted in Trenton, New Jersey, after presumably boarding an Amtrak train with what authorities called a “small arsenal” of tools.
Jeffrey O. Kennerk, 34, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was captured on a train onJan 3 with attack tools, large-capacity ammo publications, hand guns, silencers and a booby-trapped rifle that terminated throughout his apprehension at the Trenton Transit Center, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s workplace stated on April 16.
“This defendant allegedly hauled a small arsenal of deadly weapons and ammunition through busy transit stations, and on a train filled with passengers,” Platkin stated in a declaration. “He allegedly left a suitcase containing assorted weapons and ammunition – including an assault rifle – in the concourse of Newark Penn Station, where anyone could have been harmed by them. If not for the outstanding police work done in this matter, we can only imagine where this defendant and these weapons would have ended up.”
A New Jersey Transit Police police officer was tipped off to an unaccompanied black and white zebra-print bag near the entry to the Newark train.
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Mugshot of Jeffrey Kennerk from a 2022 apprehension in Miami-Dade County, Florida. (Miami-Dade Corrections)
When authorities checked out the bag, they located a pistol with a completely packed 18-round publication. Further examination exposed an AR-style publication completely packed with.223 ammo, and a plastic bag with 2 boxes of 9mm ammo and 4 boxes of.223 ammo, authorities stated.
An additional area guaranteed presumably had a packed Zastava Arms AK-47-style rifle and numerous extra completely packed publications.
According to Platkin’s workplace, Kennerk briefly deserted the bag to acquire an Amtrak train ticket toVirginia He after that boarded the train in Newark however was obstructed by police at the train’s following drop inTrenton
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Newark Penn Station’s front entry. ( Donell Woodson/Getty Images)
Authorities stated they located extra tools and ammo upon Kennerk’s apprehension, consisting of an “AR-15-style rifle that was separated into the lower and upper receiver, multiple caches of ammunition, multiple extended magazines, and multiple handguns.”
They additionally located an additional rifle with.300 AAC Blackout ammo, according to Platkin’s workplace.
“The officer placed the muzzle into the suitcase pointed at the ground and attempted to remove one of the handkerchiefs to render it safe, at which time the firearm discharged without the officer engaging the trigger, indicating that the gun was allegedly booby-trapped,” the AG’s workplace stated.
Authorities stated they additionally located 4 silencers and hollow factor ammo in both 9mm and.22 lengthy rifle qualities.
The Amtrak logo design on a train at Union Station in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/ AFP through Getty Images)
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Kennerk was prosecuted for belongings of a tool for an illegal function, 4 matters of illegal belongings of a tool, 3 matters of illegal belongings of an attack gun, one matter of exacerbated attack and one matter of particular individuals not to have tools, which are all second-degree criminal offenses.
He was additionally billed with numerous fourth-degree criminal offenses, consisting of 2 matters of illegal belongings of a large-capacity ammo publication, and one matter each of illegal belongings of hollow nose ammo, illegal belongings of a silencer, threatening an additional individual and triggering or running the risk of extensive injury or damages.
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Fox News Digital connected to Platkin’s workplace and Kennerk’s lawyer,Dominic Cerrito
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