A police officer’s craving for cake batter ice cream put him and his colleagues in the right place to take action when a loaded gun fell out of a man’s shorts at a Baskin-Robbins shop in New York City.
Police say three officers were at the shop in Coney Island, Brooklyn while on-duty Saturday when Emmanuel Lovett walked in, tugged his denim shorts and dropped a pistol to the floor.
The officers swarmed and arrested the 33-year-old man. Police say his robbery record prohibited him from having a gun. He’s charged with criminal possession of a firearm.
Lovett is jailed on $7,500 bail. He’s due in court Friday. A message seeking comment was left with his lawyer.
The NYPD acknowledged the oddity of the ice cream-induced arrest, tweeting : “Seriously, this actually happened.”
3 of our cops are in the local Dunkin/Baskin Robbins. A fella walks in, adjusts his pants & out drops a loaded gun on the floor. Now the repeat felon carrying it is in custody, all because a Transit cop had a craving for cake batter ice cream🍦 (seriously, this actually happened) pic.twitter.com/9Ue6IHQi2g
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) June 30, 2019
(AP)
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These 3 cops violated the 2nd Amendment:- Right to Bear Arms, and now are wasting my hard earned taxpayer’s money to keep this 33 year old fellow in jail, especially over a legal holiday when correction officers are paid holiday pay.
147 – didn’t you read the article? The man’s right to bear arms was rescinded because he has a criminal records “Police say his robbery record prohibited him from having a gun.” Furthermore, New York City laws further prohibit open or concealed carrying of weapons without a special permit.
I am sure he wasn’t carrying the gun illegally for no reason. Maybe he intended to take away YOUR “hard earned taxpayer’s money”!