NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Authorities say an NFL player has been arrested at a New York airport after police found a loaded handgun in his luggage.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Da ‘Quan Bowers was awaiting arraignment Monday on charges of criminal possession of a weapon. Meris Campbell, a spokeswoman for the Queens District Attorney’s office, said Bowers will be charged in criminal court on two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. The charges carry a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Da’Quan Bowers (AP)
Bowers was arrested at LaGuardia Airport as he was about to board a US Airways flight to Raleigh, N.C. Authorities say the loaded .40-caliber weapon was found during a search of his carry-on bag.
Bowers played college football for Clemson University and was chosen by the Buccaneers in the 2011 NFL draft.
He’s in police custody and can’t be reached for comment by telephone. The Buccaneers haven’t returned messages seeking comment.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the matter “will be reviewed under our league policies.”
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no1hd
Feb. 19, 2013 at 6:53pmNFL player ain’t gonna do no time. They are looking at every way to make it somebody elses fault and will – just watch. They can add time to the person before and after him to make up for it.
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ONEOFMILLIONS
Feb. 19, 2013 at 3:11pmGun owners need to be aware of where their gun is at all times. Lesson one is that “it” should not be in a state that doesn’t permit them. Work to change those laws in those states but follow their laws until they are changed. My solution, as a CCP holder, is to stay away from those states.
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jessix
Feb. 19, 2013 at 11:43amEvery day we hear or read of another violation of our constitutional rights. The example of the frog in a pot where the water temperature is gradually raised to a point where he is cooked without protest because he doesn’t feel the change is no longer valid. Our water is constantly boiling, we are tossed in and cooked, and none of us makes a move to jump out.
Will somebody explain this to me? Each day brings a new violation of our rights. Our freedoms have been taken away, and still, the violations continue, with each new affront worse than the one that preceded it. We take each new offense in stride, making no attempt to jump from the pot.of boiling water, apathetic to the impending demise of our souls.
We, the People have become slaves to those we hired to look after our interests.
WHY are we apathetic?
The Boston Tea Party was about somethng as simple as taxation without representation. Where’s our representation?.
Congress thinks its funny they don’t read the bills before they vote for them.
I consider this derelection of duty and malpractice, and for this, each member of congress and of the current administration needs to be fired, fined (equal to the profits they made off their decisions at the expense of the people) and jailed.
How do we do this?
It’s time for us to crawl out of this boiling water, or our goose irreversably cooked!
Off with their heads!
Thinking about this makes me feel better than I have felt in years….
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SquidVetOhio
Feb. 19, 2013 at 10:02amIs it just me, or does this happen like EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
Idiots, a loaded gun is frowned upon by the TSA at an airport. Just in case you didn’t know. I’m willing to bet this clown voted Obama.
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