File Photo
TSA officers detected a loaded .25-caliber automatic handgun in Dunbar’s carry-on bags in April 2015.
By Forum Staff
A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon for bringing a loaded pistol to Kennedy International Airport in April 2015. The unlicensed weapon was found when the defendant went through a scanner during a routine pre-flight security check.
“Firearms illegally possessed in this City pose a serious and deadly threat to the safety of everyone, and that is especially true when boarding a commercial aircraft,” said District Attorney Richard Brown. “Firearms do not belong on airplanes in the hands of civilians.”
The defendant has been identified as Aquil L. Dunbar, 22, of Bergen Street in Brooklyn. Dunbar, who pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in July 2016, was sentenced today to seven years in prison as a predicate felon.
According to the charges, at approximately 3:00 p.m., on April 24, 2015, the defendant was attempting to enter Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy Airport via the security checkpoint. During the pre-flight screening, security agents spotted a .25 caliber automatic pistol in the defendant’s carry-on luggage. The firearm was loaded with six live rounds of ammunition. The pistol was concealed in a sock that was inside of a shoe box and placed inside a plastic bag.
