Valin Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 NY Post: Larry Celona, Jamie Schram and Natasha Velez July 17, 2015 | 3:21pm Police are looking for five people armed with what appear to be assault rifles after they were spotted by a retired NYPD cop in Staten Island on Friday morning, sources said. The retired tipster snapped photos of four young men and a woman wearing a hijab head scarf in the Midland Beach parking lot, near the boardwalk, transferring what look like M16s between two vehicles, according to sources. The cars — a silver minivan and dark-colored Scion — have New Jersey plates, and bridge authorities have been notified to be on the lookout. An internal memo was also sent out to NYPD officers. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 NYPD: Paintball guns prompt USCG lockdown, security scare Jul 17, 2015 (Snip) The security scare began when a retired police officer took photos of several people holding what looked like assault weapons while packing up two minivans at the parking lot of Midland Beach on Staten Island. The retired officer sent the photos to the NYPD's Intelligence Bureau as a precaution. Police then internally circulated a memo showing those photos as well as two New Jersey license plate numbers. An image of that memo leaked on social media. NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller said in a statement that forensic experts examined the photos. "The preliminary opinion of these experts was that the weapons in the pictures strongly resemble replicas of firearms used in 'paintball' games," Miller said in the statement. He also said that NYPD and FBI investigators conducted interviews in New Jersey and found out that the owner of one of the vehicles in question had planned to play paintball Friday. Paintball, pellet, and BB guns are illegal in New York City. (Snip) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 'Paintball' games are an excellent way of practicing war game......just saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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