Charges of Carrying a Loaded Firearm and Other Gun Related Charges Against Chief Technology Officer Dismissed After Clerk Magistrate Hearing

Our client is the chief technology officer at a well known intellectual property development company. He lives in another state. On October 2nd of this year he went to the airport expecting to travel to visit with family members. He packed a carry-on bag and left for the airport. He simply forgot that he kept his lawfully owned, loaded firearm in the bag. At the airport he placed the bag on the conveyor belt. He was immediately flagged and confronted by state police officers assigned to the airport. He was eventually summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing charging him with possession of a firearm in violation of G.L. c. 269 section 10(a), possession of a loaded firearm under G.L. c. 269 section 10(n), improper storage of a firearm under G.L. c. 140 section 131L and an airport security violation, G.L. c. 269 section 12F. Today, at the clerk magistrate hearing we prevailed upon a very compassionate clerk magistrate and state police lieutenant not to issue the complaint.

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