Inexperienced Bay Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker was arrested Friday morning at LaGuardia Airport in New York after he tried to verify in a bag that contained a firearm.
Walker, 25, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of second-degree felony possession of a weapon and felony possession of a firearm, in keeping with the New York Publish. He appeared in Queens County Legal Courtroom on the gun cost and was launched later Friday.
In keeping with the Publish, citing a felony criticism, Walker instructed an airline worker that his bag contained a locked field holding a handgun. Port Authority Police, after being alerted by the worker, searched Walker’s bag and located a 9mm Glock pistol together with 36 rounds of ammo within the locked field.
Walker’s legal professional, Arthur Aidala, instructed the Publish that the gun was legally licensed in Wisconsin and that Walker did not know he could not journey with it in New York.
“We’re assured the matter can be resolved favorably,” Aidala instructed ESPN.
Walker, a seventh-round draft choose of the Packers in 2022, is due again in court docket March 19.
