Man armed with gun, axes, knives and NYPD vest arrested after traffic stop

A routine traffic stop in New York found a man with a small cache of weapons and other police items in his vehicle. On Wednesday morning, June 12, officers saw a black Ford Explorer with a blacked-out license plate driving through Queens and stopped the car.

During the traffic stop, officers discovered numerous weapons in the car, including a 9mm pistol, eight loaded magazines, two axes, several knives, a stun gun, a weighted whip, an extendable baton, an NYPD bulletproof vest , a red and yellow MTA vest. in his vehicle, and a Guy Fawkes mask.

The driver, identified as 27 years old Judd Sanson, was taken into custody and faces numerous charges, including criminal possession of a loaded firearm, criminal possession of a weapon, unlawful possession of an ammunition feeding device and driving with a license plate. hidden registration.

According to New York Postseveral messages were engraved on the stick, including “You will [sic] learn today” and the Arabic phrase “God forgive me”.

The outlet also reported that Sanson had expressed extremist views online.

“Members of this department make gun arrests, weapons arrests, knife arrests every day, but an arrest of this magnitude, the amount of ammunition and NYPD paraphernalia in the car were important,” said the head of the department. Jeffrey Maddrey told reporters.

Maddrey said the investigation was ongoing and “it was still too early” to determine whether Sanson had ties to terrorism or was planning an attack.

“We will continue to investigate this incident,” Maddrey said. “Our members are on scene, at 1:30 a.m., members of our public safety team, while many people were sleeping. I was sleeping. Our officers are on scene to make sure we are safe.”