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Police arrest three “self-styled vigilantes” at New Jersey toll plaza transporting unexplained large cache of arms and ammunition

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;420808&semi;"><strong>Police arrest three Pennsylvania residents at the Holland Tunnel&comma; NJ transporting unexplained large cache of arms and ammunition<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;420808&semi;"><strong> Dean Smith&comma; 53&comma; John Cramsey&comma; 50&comma; and Kimberly Arendt&comma; 20  described by cops as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;self-styled vigilantes”  charged  with weapons possession&comma; transport of a high-capacity magazine and transport of an assault firearm&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-38575" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;john-cramsey5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"john cramsey5&period;jpg" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"960" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>&&num;8216&semi;Self styled vigilante&&num;8217&semi; John Cramsey in a social media posting<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Cops arrested three &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;self-styled vigilantes” with loaded handguns&comma; rifles&comma; 2&comma;000 rounds of ammunition&comma; a gun clip that says &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;America&comma;” and bullet-resistant vests with the word &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Police” written on them at the Holland Tunnel early Tuesday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The trio was stopped on the New Jersey toll plaza for the tunnel at about 7&colon;40 a&period;m&period; for driving a vividly colored red&comma; black and green Dodge pickup with a cracked windshield&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police spotted a loaded pistol magazine inside the car&comma; which also advertises for a Pennsylvania gun shop called Higher Ground Tactical&comma; then searched it&comma; finding seven loaded weapons&comma; about 2&comma;000 rounds of ammo and ballistic vests&period; The arsenal included five pistols&comma; a shotgun and an assault rifle&comma; four knives&comma; 10 loaded clips of ammunition&comma; and a military-grade helmet&period; All the guns were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;locked and loaded&comma;” a source said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Some of the guns were found hidden in a passenger compartment&period; One of the clips had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;United We Stand” written on it&comma; and another had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;America” on it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-38574" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;john-cramsey3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"john cramsey3&period;jpg" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"960" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong>The trio of John Cramsey&comma; Kimberly Arendt and Dean Smith sitting in the car 30 minutes before they were arrested<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-figure"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-38414" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;holland-tunnel-vigilante1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"holland tunnel vigilante1" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"900" &sol;><strong>The weapons cache police found the vigilante-mobile<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Police also found drug paraphernalia in the car&comma; and believe all three suspects are heavy heroin users&comma; sources said&period; They may have been coming to Queens to rescue a woman&comma; also involved with heroin&comma; who was being held against her will&comma; sources said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They may be self-styled vigilantes&comma;” a source said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The trio’s gaudily painted pickup was equipped with special lights and a front-end carrier containing a lime green cooler&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The name of an Emmaus&comma; Penn&period; gun store called Higher Ground Tactical was also written several times on the pickup&period; A man who answered the phone at the gun store declined to comment on the incident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know what happened&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-38411" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;holland-tunnel-vigilante4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"holland tunnel vigilante4" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1213" &sol;><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">The weapons were found during a search of the colorful suv<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Two men in their 50’s&comma; and a woman in her 20’s were arrested&comma; police said&period; All three are white&comma; sources said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They were coming from Pennsylvania&comma; police said&period; Charges are pending<br &sol;>&NewLine;A Port Authority police spokesman described the officer’s initiative in stopping the car as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;astute&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The agency does not believe the incident is terrorism-related&comma;” the spokesman said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;NYPD Counter-Terrorism tweeted Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It was not immediately clear whether the guns were licensed in Pennsylvania&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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