"Uh huh huh you said 'snatch' uh heh heh..."
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."
That way they can prevent him from ever owning a gun, legally.
I liked him in Snatch
Few states allow the use of .22's on deer, and few use them in the states that do.
I believe that the lawyers will do their best to attach every gun law to the USSC decision. We’ll see.
That wasn’t him, but he was in “Midnight Run” with DeNiro.
Bad hair piece, too.
"Uh huh huh you said 'snatch' uh heh heh..."
Thanks, I guess I’m lucky to live in a state where we don’t register guns. I had to be registered to get a CCW, but they didn’t register my gun.
So, I doubt the felony will stick, and without that, a good lawyer will plead it down to near nothing, a fine at most.
OMG I remember Paulie he was comedy foil on Crime Story LOL!
I loved the pilot of that show. Extremely well done period settings and dress. Very authentic characters. Michael Mann at his best. Farina played Lt. Mike Torrello. I have an old VHS of the pilot.
Unfortunately the writing went downhill fast during the series.
"When anti-gun laws attack!"
Just doing the jobs that legal guns won’t do!
Nah, just the ones you don't buy off the street, nyuk-nyuk!
I have crush on Ray Lucas LOL!”
That's Ray LUCA! LOL
Another EXCELLENT character actor BTW was Jon Polito, who played the crime boss, Phil Bartoli.
He was also great in Miller's Crossing.
Fun flick......
Don't. He's pro 2nd Amend/anti gun control. That's probably why they're giving him a hard time.
You oughta be glad he's willing to have one at all. Most of those nuts would run shrieking from a gun unless it was carried by an armed bodyguard.
One of the greatest casts ever, Ray, Paulie, Frank Holman. Great show.
TSA found the gun, we should thank them for doing their job.
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