A teenager who was caught carrying an AK-47 in New York s Times Square was confused about the city s gun laws, his lawyer has claimed.
Manhattan Judge Melissa Jackson rejected the argument on Sunday and refused to grant the teen bail, which prosecutors requested be set at $25,000.
Saadiq Teague, 18, from Ohio, was arrested while carrying the AK-47 on the mezzanine level of the A, C and E subway station on April 16.
Saadiq Teague, 18, who was caught carrying an AK-47 in New York s Times Square was confused about the city s gun laws, his lawyer has claimed
New York City Police Officers transport Saadiq Teague, 18, from the Columbus Circle Transit Bureau Police Station After being found with an unloaded semi-automatic gun, ammunition and a gas mask outside a Times Square subway station, in New York City
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New York City Police Officers (NYPD) transport Saadiq Teague, 18, from the Columbus Circle Transit Bureau Police Station, where he was charged with gun possession for holding an AK-47 in the Times Square subway station, in New York City, April 16, 2021. (Reuters/Caitlin Ochs)
The mother of an 18-year-old Ohio man caught with an AK-47 in a midtown Manhattan subway said her son wasn’t planning any violence he just thought it would be okay to visit New York with an assault rifle in tow.
Saadiq Teague, 18, was arrested in Times Square subway station on Friday
He was charging his phone and had his AK-47 rifle poking out of his bag
Cops who were performing a patrol spotted the tip of the rifle
He also had rounds of ammunition and a gas mask in his bag
It s unclear what Saadiq was planning to do with the weapon
It has now been revealed that his father, Andrew Teague, was killed last month
Teague was shot dead by police in Ohio last month
He was fleeing the police when he opened fire on them and they returned