A routine fare-beating bust in midtown on New Year’s Day turned up two fully loaded illegal firearms including a machine gun packed with 34 bullets. Click below to read the story.
An on-duty police officer found the weapons after stopping Reggie Allen, 33, of Columbia, S.C., after he entered the A, C, E station at 42nd St. and Eighth Ave. around 5:25 p.m. without paying, cops said.
Allen — who has a “Me against the world†tattoo on his neck — had a loaded .45-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun tucked into his waistband, police said.
The officer then opened the man’s bag and discovered a loaded Intratec Luger Tec-9 machine gun with extra ammunition.
Allen was charged with criminal possession of a machine gun, criminal possession of a loaded firearm, criminal possession of a defaced weapon and criminal possession of an ammo clip.
