Dennis Farina Arrested at LA Airport
AP
Posted: 2008-05-12 06:57:40
LOS ANGELES (May 12) - Actor Dennis Farina apologized for his arrest
at Los Angeles International Airport after a loaded gun was found
in his carry-on luggage.
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"I apologize to anyone and everyone that I have caused any
embarrassment or inconvenience to," the 64-year-old actor said in
a statement. "It is my own stupidity to find myself in this
embarrassing situation."
When the weapon was discovered at a security checkpoint at about
8 a.m. Sunday, police said Farina told them he had forgotten the
.22-caliber handgun was in his luggage.
Farina was booked for investigation of carrying a concealed
weapon, said Sgt. Dennis Beacham. When police discovered the weapon
was not registered, the charge was upgraded to a felony and
Farina's bail was increased from $25,000 to $35,000.
He was released Sunday night after posting bail, according to
the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Web site.
Farina's latest film, the Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz comedy
"What Happens in Vegas," opened Friday.
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Farina has starred in TV's "Law & Order" series and in such
movies "Snatch" and "Get Shorty." The actor is also a former
Chicago police officer.
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