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Loaded, Unlicensed Handgun Carried into Casino
Dropped cigarette pack filled with methamphetamine led state police to arrest Northampton man who carried concealed weapon into Sands Bethlehem Casino.
A dropped cigarette pack led police inside the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem early Wednesday to arrest a man carrying a loaded .380 semi-automatic handgun without a license. He had it in his right rear pants pocket, court records say. The man also was allegedly carrying a quantity of methamphetamine. Carl Raymond Heckman, 44, of Northampton informed police he was carrying the gun when they took him into custody for the suspected drug possession, the records say. Police did not know beforehand that he was carrying the gun. Heckman told police he thought he had a permit to carry the gun, but then admitted it may have expired “sometime ago.” He said he had become accustomed to carrying around the gun without a valid permit, the records say…
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