Florida man busted on Amtrak train with ‘small arsenal’ of weapons: AG

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A Florida antheral has been indicted successful Trenton, New Jersey, aft allegedly boarding an Amtrak bid with what authorities described arsenic a "small arsenal" of weapons. 

Jeffrey O. Kennerk, 34, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was caught connected a bid connected Jan. 3 with battle weapons, large-capacity ammunition magazines, handguns, silencers and a booby-trapped firearm that fired during his apprehension astatine the Trenton Transit Center, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's bureau said connected April 16.

"This suspect allegedly hauled a tiny arsenal of deadly weapons and ammunition done engaged transit stations, and connected a bid filled with passengers," Platkin said successful a statement. "He allegedly near a suitcase containing assorted weapons and ammunition – including an battle firearm – successful the concourse of Newark Penn Station, wherever anyone could person been harmed by them. If not for the outstanding constabulary enactment done successful this matter, we tin lone ideate wherever this suspect and these weapons would person ended up."

A New Jersey Transit Police serviceman was tipped disconnected to an unaccompanied achromatic and achromatic zebra-print suitcase adjacent the entranceway to the Newark subway. 

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Mugshot of Jeffrey Kennerk from a 2022 apprehension successful Miami-Dade County, Florida. (Miami-Dade Corrections)

When authorities investigated the bag, they recovered a handgun with a afloat loaded 18-round magazine. Further probe revealed an AR-style mag afloat loaded with .223 ammunition, and a integrative container with 2 boxes of 9mm ammunition and 4 boxes of .223 ammunition, officials said.

A secondary compartment successful the container allegedly contained a loaded Zastava Arms AK-47-style firearm and respective much afloat loaded magazines. 

According to Platkin's office, Kennerk concisely abandoned the container to acquisition an Amtrak bid summons to Virginia. He past boarded the bid successful Newark but was intercepted by instrumentality enforcement astatine the train's adjacent halt successful Trenton. 

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The beforehand   entranceway  to Newark Penn Station

Newark Penn Station's beforehand entrance. ( Donell Woodson/Getty Images)

Authorities said they recovered much weapons and ammunition upon Kennerk's arrest, including an "AR-15-style firearm that was separated into the little and precocious receiver, aggregate caches of ammunition, aggregate extended magazines, and aggregate handguns."

They besides recovered different firearm with .300 AAC Blackout ammunition, according to Platkin's office.

"The serviceman placed the muzzle into the suitcase pointed astatine the crushed and attempted to region 1 of the handkerchiefs to render it safe, astatine which clip the firearm discharged without the serviceman engaging the trigger, indicating that the weapon was allegedly booby-trapped," the AG's bureau said. 

Authorities said they besides recovered 4 silencers and hollow constituent ammunition successful some 9mm and .22 agelong firearm calibers. 

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The Amtrak logo connected a bid astatine Union Station successful Washington, D.C., connected April 22, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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Kennerk was indicted for possession of a limb for an unlawful purpose, 4 counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, 3 counts of unlawful possession of an battle firearm, 1 number of aggravated battle and 1 number of definite persons not to person weapons, which are each second-degree crimes.

He was besides charged with respective fourth-degree crimes, including 2 counts of unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine, and 1 number each of unlawful possession of hollow chemoreceptor ammunition, unlawful possession of a silencer, endangering different idiosyncratic and causing oregon risking wide wounded oregon damage.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Platkin's bureau and Kennerk's attorney, Dominic Cerrito. 

Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital successful 2025 aft 4 years arsenic a authorities newsman astatine The Tennessee Star. 

He grew up successful Rhode Island and is simply a postgraduate of Elon University. 

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