Posted on 01/30/2023 3:50:21 PM PST by simpson96
Police officers tried to help a drunk man at a subway station — and realized he was packing a bizarre-looking homemade rifle in his pants, leading to his arrest over the weekend, police sources said Monday.
Melvin Montoya, 37, was found drunk inside the 149th Street–Grand Concourse station in Mott Haven around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, and cops jumped in to aid him, authorities said.
That’s when they noticed a long, heavy metal object going down his leg.
The officers frisked Montoya — and he allegedly reached for the crudely-made weapon, which the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit later determined was a gas-operated one-shot rifle, according to police and the sources.
Photos of the weird handmade gun obtained by The Post show a long, metal wrench-like device with screws and what appears to be a lever.
Montoya allegedly told cops he built the device himself, and that it was capable of firing rounds, sources said.
He was charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon – one for possession of a disguised gun and another for carrying a gun as a convicted felon, cops said.
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“My name is Melvin Montoya. You drank my Thunderbird. Prepare to die.”
LOL
how is it gas operated if it’s one shot?
I smell bs
“ “My name is Melvin Montoya. You drank my Thunderbird. Prepare to die.”
That’s inconceivable!
I hear the name “Montoya,” and I will think of that until the day I die.
To me, it looks like a gas valve from a furnace or water heater. Arrest him? Sheesh, the man should praised for taking the initiative to remove his gas appliances, cutting childhood asthma, saving the earth and recycling the used metal parts.
Be funny to see Detective Wojciehowicz bring Melvin Montoya in to the 12th Precinct.
“gas-operated”
Maybe it could be a flamethrower, too.
I give up...Hilarious thread ;-)
ZIP guns are back. American ingenuity!😀
“Is that a homemade rifle in your pants or ar you just happy to see us?”
Barney Miller was a great sitcom.
One of my all time favorites.
LOL
You have to keep moving your lips when you say this. That’s the 70s-era Ninja movie rules.
It appears to be only set on stun.
I suspect that the gun uses compressed gas as a propellant.
Wouldn’t the prosecutor have to prove it is a gun? That might be difficult.
That’s a chupacabra launcher. Anyone could see that. Ammo’s a little hard to come by, I’m told.
“I suspect that the gun uses compressed gas as a propellant.”
Me too. Which would essentially make it a paintball gun. Not illegal to own or carry in any case I heard of. Not even for a felon. They are just making up laws that aren’t even on the books by using deceptive descriptions.
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