Posted on 05/11/2008 4:40:50 PM PDT by hole_n_one
LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said.
Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his briefcase when he tried to pass through airport security, police said in a statement.
He was scheduled to take a United Airlines flight to his home in Chicago.
"Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said. "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his arrest."
The actor was initially booked on one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm and bail was set at $25,000. The charge was upgraded later to a felony after police confirmed the gun was not registered, and bail was raised to $35,000.
Farina was a Chicago police officer for nearly 20 years before taking up acting in the 1980s. He has starred in movies such as "Get Shorty" and "Sidewalks of New York" and is perhaps best known in the role of New York Detective Joe Fontana on the popular television crime series, "Law & Order."
GREAT unsung movie. The dialog was super.
I see they found a slick way to rob us all of our 2nd amendment rights, make it a felony to have an unregistered firearm, and then after you’re convicted, it will be illegal for you, an ex-felon, to possess a firearm. They need simply to make so many small trivial things felonies, that it’ll be easy to turn us all into felons and take away our guns. Bravo.
Yeah, but only if they jump through some hoops. I have a retired cop who works for me and he has to qualify, get the qualification signed by the local police chief send the paperwork back to his old chief in New Jersey and then get back a paper that says he's qualified and legal.
I think he has to do that every year. I'll ask him tomorrow.
I hope yur sarcasm is turned up really loud.
Somebody must believe this crap as it seems to be the case in a lot of areas of this country.
He is a retired Chicago cop. He would qualify for a Retired Officer Concealed Carry Permit issued by the Illinois Retired Officer Concealed Carry Section under the auspices of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. This permit is good in all 50 states of the union. I have one as a retired Illinois State Policeman.
He would have qualified had he applied. If he is convicted of a felony, than he will be permanently disbarred from getting one.
“Crime Story” was a great show. IIRC, The Farina character used an M1911A1 with rubber bands wrapped around the grip...
Yes, another Coen Brothers masterpiece.
“Take your flunkies and dangle!”
“I think your giving me the high hat!”
“Don't smart me!”
“Hi Tom, what's the rumpus?”
Albert Finney’s machine gun sequence with “Danny Boy” playing in the back round was fantastic.
Precisely. Rubber bands, no holster, tucked into pants. Rubber bands were for grip? Not sure. Never seen or heard of that trick before.
Yeah, they moved to Vegas real early. Almost certain it was the beginning of season 2.
RIP
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