DA: Brooklyn man gets 7 years for bringing loaded gun to JFK

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to bringing a loaded, unlicensed pistol to Kennedy Airport in April 2015, Queens prosecutors said Thursday.

The weapon was discovered during a routine preflight scanner security check, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Brown said.

Aquil L. Dunbar, 22, of Bergen Street, pleaded guilty in July to one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, prosecutors said. The charges followed an investigation by Port Authority police.

Authorities said the incident occurred about 3 p.m. on April 24, 2015, at Terminal 5. Brown said security agents discovered a .25 caliber pistol in the carry-on luggage belonging to Dunbar. The gun was loaded with six rounds of ammo, Brown said.

He said it was concealed inside a sock inside a shoe box inside a plastic bag.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”