A Florida man was charged in Trenton, New Jersey.
Jeffrey O. Kennark, 34, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was caught in the train with a booby-trapped rifle fired during his arrest at the attack weapon, a high-capacity ammunition magazine, handgun, silencer and a booby-trapped rifle fired during his arrest at the Trenton Transit Center on January 3.
“The defendant is allegedly carried a small arsenal of lethal weapons and ammunition on a train filled with busy transport and passengers,” Platkin said in a statement. “He is said to have left a suitcase containing a variety of weapons and ammunition, including attacking rifles. Everyone could have done harm to them on the concourse at Newark Penn Station.
A New Jersey traffic police officer was flipped over into a black and white zebra printed suitcase with no accompaniment near the entrance to the Newark Subway.
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A mug shot of Jeffrey Kennake arrested in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 2022. (Miami-Dade fix)
When authorities investigated the bags, they found a handgun with an 18-round magazine fully loaded. Further investigation revealed an AR-style magazine with a fully loaded .223 ammunition and a plastic bag with two boxes of 9mm ammunition and four boxes of .223 ammunition, officials said.
The secondary compartment in the bag was said to have included a loaded Zastava Arms AK-47 style rifle and some more fully loaded magazines.
According to Platkin’s Office, Kennerk temporarily abandoned his bag to buy tickets for the Amtrak train to Virginia. He then boarded a train in Newark, but was intercepted by law enforcement at the next stop on the train in Trenton.
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The main entrance to Newark Penn Station. (Donell Woodson/Getty Images)
Authorities said they discovered more weapons and ammunition at the time of Kennerk’s arrest, including “AR-15-style rifles separated into the receivers at the bottom and top, multiple caches of ammunition, multiple expansion magazines, and multiple handguns.”
According to Platkin’s Office, they also found another rifle with .300 AAC Blackout ammunition.
“The officers put the muzzle facing the ground and put it in their suitcase, and tried to get one of the handkerchiefs out to make it safe. At that point, the firearm was ejected without officers involved in the trigger and the gun was trapped in a booby,” the AG’s office said.
Officials said they found four silencers and hollow point ammunition in both the 9mm and .22 long rifle calibers.
The Amtrak logo is on a train at Union Station in Washington, DC on April 22, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kennerk was charged with possession of a weapon for illegal purposes, four counts of illegal possession of a weapon, three illegal possession of an assault firearm, one count of aggravated assault and one count of a certain person without a weapon.
He was also charged with several fourth-degree offences, including two counts of illegal possession of a large-capacity ammunition magazine, and several fourth-degree offences, including illegal possession of a hollow nose ammunition in one count each, illegal possession of a silencer, putting another person at risk and causing or putting them at risk of wide-reaching injuries or damage.
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Fox News Digital contacted Dominic Cerrito, a lawyer for Platkin’s office and Kennerk.
