Police: Man Brings Loaded Gun Into Tampa Jail
Officers Miss Weapon During Two Searches During Arrest
POSTED: Friday, June 12, 2009
UPDATED: 7:38 am EDT June 12, 2009
  Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Curtis Young |
TAMPA, Fla. -- Authorities are investigating how a man under arrest walked into a Tampa jail with a loaded handgun concealed in his clothes.According to a police report, officers twice missed the gun in the basketball shorts 22-year-old Curtis Young was wearing under his jeans.Police said an officer only felt a cell phone in Young's pocket while arresting him Tuesday afternoon. At the Hillsborough County jail, a deputy missed the gun with a metal detector wand.Tampa police Officer Michael Cooper said that when another deputy found the gun in his shorts, Young said, "It's their job to find it," when asked why he didn't tell police about it earlier.Young was held without bond Friday on five weapons, drugs and traffic charges. He did not have an attorney.
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