The .22 is a deadly weapon.
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."
Yes, that TV series was very cool. Remember the lush soundtrack, the deeply saturated colors...
He's certainly in trouble. Most cops I know, ex-cops for that matter, obsess about complying with the letter of the law. They may push the speed limit, but messing around with concealed weapons crosses a line even for cops.
They are paranoid about it. I was with an acquaintance who was carrying, in the state where he was a peace officer, but out of his jurisdiction. He went crazy about going into a flea market on a town common because they had a single entry point and he thought they might have metal detectors.
They precisely don't want to find themselves in the awkward, embarrassing and totally inexplicable position that Mr. Farina is in tonight.
Such commotion over a .22
No doubt your response would be the same if rather than Farina, it was a Qur’an toting muslim named Mahmoud
He was in Saving Private Ryan too. Just saw it on tv this afternoon. So was the actor who played John Adams in the HBO series.
The .22 is a deadly weapon.
Not for a Chicago cop. He just "forgot" to register it and being a former cop, it's unlikely they'll be any hastle hear. According to fed law, 18USC926(c), he can carry it anywhere in the US. CA certainly won't get a felony, since CA has no jurisdiction in Chicago.
The .22 has killed 1,000 of people....and IMO, probably killed more whitetail deer than any other caliber.
“I’m Ray Barboni from Miami.”
That is as an impressive a reply as I’ve ever seen on this forum in my almost 11 years here.
Do you mean “Crime Story”? It wasn’t cool. It was FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WAY Joe Fontana busted????
I agree 100% about Cox. He was great. And Manhunter was better than all the ones that came later.
Yep, Friday nights back when I was in college, it was ‘Miami Vice’ and ‘Crime Story.’ Good times.
I wonder if Dick Wolf will run a show based on this?
I remember Crime story YEAH BABY
I have crush on Ray Lucas LOL!
ooopsie!
Stupid move...
An agonizingly painful photo to see. Sobering.
Your point is well-made.
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