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Police seize arms cache from city clothing store
Baltimore Sun ^
Posted on 07/09/2005 6:02:18 AM PDT by holymoly
Baltimore police said yesterday they raided an East Baltimore clothing store allegedly used as a front for the illegal sale of high-powered weapons and accessories, including assault rifles, shotguns, handguns, ammunition and body armor.
Organized-crime detectives raided the store, Moon Wear in the 2400 block of Greenmount Ave. on Thursday, about 15 hours after its owner, Andre Mills, 33, was pulled over on a traffic stop, police said. During the stop, officers said they discovered ammunition for high-powered rifles.
Police obtained a warrant and searched the store, recovering one Bushmaster assault rifle, three handguns, a Mossberg shotgun equipped with a sidewinder drum magazine and laser sight, 34 handgun magazines, five holsters, 100 boxes of shotgun shells and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, including rounds used in AK-47 assault rifles. Police also recovered $1,200 in cash.
"We do believe [the suspect] was trafficking firearms" from the store, said Anthony Barksdale, acting chief of the department's organized crime division. "It looks like we got quite a bit of weapons, but some might be on the street."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: ammunition; baltimore; banglist; cache; maryland; search; warrant; weapons
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Andre Mills, 33, was pulled over on a traffic stop, police said. During the stop, officers said they discovered ammunition for high-powered rifles.
Police obtained a warrant...Having rifle ammunition in Maryland is probable cause for a search warrant?
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:02:19 AM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
And the only thing in the list that looked illegal was the feed on the shotgun.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:06:12 AM PDT
by
doodad
To: holymoly
Just goes to show how out of touch I am: if somebody came into my store and "recovered" $1200 in cash, I'd think I should call the cops.
To: holymoly
Someone better tell Walmart and Cabelas that High powered rifle Ammo will bring the Cops!
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:09:16 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: holymoly
Having rifle ammunition in Maryland is probable cause for a search warrant?Yes. Mills was on probation.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:10:23 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Gun control laws are like OSHA for criminals-Thomas Sowell)
To: holymoly
"Police obtained a warrant and searched the store, recovering one Bushmaster assault rifle, three handguns, a Mossberg shotgun equipped with a sidewinder drum magazine and laser sight, 34 handgun magazines, five holsters, 100 boxes of shotgun shells and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, including rounds used in AK-47 assault rifles. Police also recovered $1,200 in cash."
Anyone want to admit to "outclassing" this meager "arsenal?"..NAHhhhhhhh
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:11:22 AM PDT
by
litehaus
To: holymoly
"Arms cache"???
In the good old days anyone with more than one firearm was described by the liberal media as possessing an "arsenal". Apparently today "Arms cache" is more inflammable?
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:12:16 AM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: magslinger
Yes. Mills was on probation.Ok. Never having been on probation, I didn't know that.
Thanks.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:13:46 AM PDT
by
holymoly
To: holymoly
Why would you want laser sights on a semi-auto shotgun? Seems to me that's pretty much a peep and blast kind of weapon.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:13:53 AM PDT
by
blau993
(Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
To: Buffalo Head
"inflammable" should be "inflammatory"
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:14:24 AM PDT
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: holymoly
If that puny little amount of stuff is an "arms cache" I wonder what the Maryland hoplophobes would think of the stuff a few people of my acquaintance have in their possession.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:15:25 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: ikka
I guess if you own anything more modern than a blunderbuss its considered an arms cache or an arsenal ;)
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:19:21 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: holymoly
"Mills had been serving probation for previous gun charges, police said."
Now if the 'staff' would have put this little tidbit in the lead paragraph the rest of the article would be pretty much superfluous junk and wouldn't merit publishing.
And as to this guys "arms cache" - Bwahahaha, well someone needs to get out more often.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:24:34 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
To: doodad
Who would put a laser sight on a shotgun?
I wonder if their SUVs have 'spinner wheels' too.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:25:32 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: blau993
Why would you want laser sights on a semi-auto shotgun?
Home defense. Traditional sights are hard to use in dim light.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:25:55 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Condor51
I wonder what the previous guncharges where though?
Something serious or just some silly thing like having the wrong magazine capacity on a legal semiauto?
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:26:45 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if their SUVs have 'spinner wheels' too.
Or, if they have a baseball cap with a propeller on top....
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:28:02 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: ARCADIA
Or baseball cap on backwards:
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:31:28 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: holymoly
"Police obtained a warrant and searched the store, recovering one Bushmaster assault rifle, three handguns, a Mossberg shotgun equipped with a sidewinder drum magazine and laser sight, 34 handgun magazines, five holsters, 100 boxes of shotgun shells and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition, including rounds used in AK-47 assault rifles. Police also recovered $1,200 in cash."Is it just me or does a "Cache" consisting of 5 weapons seem modest?
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:37:55 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopeckne is walking around free)
To: muir_redwoods
Is it just me or does a "Cache" consisting of 5 weapons seem modest?No, it's not just you.
And look at his ammo "cache". 250 shotgun rds, and 1000 metallic cartridges.
Sheesh. I and most people I know would consider 1000 rds the bare minimum - and that's 1000 rds for each caliber, not total.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:45:16 AM PDT
by
holymoly
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