Father of Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley arrested in Bronx with loaded gun during New York traffic stop

NEW YORK (WPVI) — The father of Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was arrested Wednesday with a loaded gun after a traffic stop in New York, police said.

Alibay Barkley, 55, was arrested around 7 p.m. in the Bronx after officers noticed his 2019 Corvette license plate did not match the vehicle's registration, police said.

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Officers stopped the elder Barkley at the corner of East 140th Street and Third Avenue and found the fully loaded firearm. They said the Corvette wasn't registered either.

Alibay Barkley told police: “This is my wife's gun. We keep it for safety reasons because of my son's identity and because we come back to the Bronx often,” according to the complaint criminal.

When asked about the car, investigators said he told them his son bought it for him.

At the time of his arrest, he had a parent in the vehicle with him but it was not his NFL star son.

Alibay Barkley was charged with, among other things, criminal possession of a weapon and possession of ammunition. He was released Thursday after posting $5,000 bail, according to the New York Department of Corrections.

He is due back in court on June 11.

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According to our sister station WABC, Alibay Barkley does not have a license to carry this weapon in New York State.

Alibay Barkley, who lives in Pennsylvania, has a gun possession record dating back to when he was 19 and spent a year in jail at Rikers Island.

Saquon's mother moved the family from New York shortly afterward.

In 2016, he was arrested and charged for refusing to get off a bus bound for Allentown, Pennsylvania, after being accused of not paying. He then sued the police and the bus company for discrimination, and settled for $45,000 in 2018.