Crime & Safety

Virginian Nabbed At Warwick Motel With 5 Firearms: Cops

Officers also seized ammunition and large-capacity magazines, police said.

WARWICK, RI β€” A Virginian was nabbed at a Warwick motel with five firearms, ammunition and large-capacity magazines, police said.

James Price, 40, was arrested Friday on charges of carrying a pistol or revolver without a license or permit, loaded weapon in a vehicle, possession of a sawed-off shotgun or sawed-off rifle, and large-capacity feeding devices prohibited, the Warwick Police Department said in a media release.

"Officers recovered four firearms from his person and the vehicle he was operating, along with ammunition and large-capacity magazines," the release said.

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"Detectives recovered a fifth firearm while executing a search warrant for his hotel room," according to the release.

"One rifle had a 12-inch barrel, meeting the definition of a 'sawed-off rifle" under state law, the release said.

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