New Jersey Troopers Find Huge Weapons Cache
 

ALLISON STEELE and JAN HEFLER
The Philadelphia Inquirer

New Jersey state police say they discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and ammunition at the Gloucester County home of a former police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on two troopers.

Brian Hinkle, 59, was arrested Monday on charges of aggravated assault after officers went to his home in Franklin Township to investigate a burglary in the area. When they asked him to go to the police station for questioning, authorities said, Hinkle ran into his house and brandished a gun.

Police who over the next three days searched Hinkle's house and other buildings on his property say they found 259 firearms and nearly a half-million rounds of ammunition.

Hinkle also had a live grenade and several other hazardous items, including a canister of tear gas, authorities said. Officers said they discovered weapons stored in a bunker that Hinkle apparently built out of an old septic tank and some carpeting.

"This is more ammunition than a gun store would have," said Detective Sgt. Mike Peterson, one of the state police officers whom Hinkle allegedly threatened.

Hinkle's collection could be the largest stockpile of weapons state police have ever uncovered in an investigation, Sgt. Steve Jones said.

It is against the law to own a live grenade as well as a few other items found on the property. It was not yet known whether any of Hinkle's guns were illegally obtained, police said. He may face additional charges depending on the outcome of an investigation.

Police have not offered any theories as to why Hinkle, a Vineland police officer in the 1980s, amassed the weapons.

"That's a question we would like to know the answer to," Jones said. "It's not illegal to possess guns. It's not illegal to dig a hole in your property. But there's odd behavior here that makes us have reason to believe there's illegal activity."

Hinkle's small, two-story house sits at the end of a dirt driveway off Rosemont Avenue, a rural road with lots of open space and mostly new houses that border Newfield. His four-acre property, which is cluttered with car parts, a boat and other items, has several trailers and storage sheds. Police said they found weapons in all of the buildings.

Hinkle's lot is mostly blocked from view by trees along Rosemont Avenue. A neighbor said yesterday she had not known that Hinkle kept so much on his property until this week's police activity prompted her to take a look.

Hinkle has no known criminal record, said Jones, who did not know how Hinkle had been employed since leaving the Vineland Police Department. An officer in that department who did not want to give his name said that Hinkle was not a problem there and that he left under ordinary circumstances.

The chain of events that brought officers to Hinkle's house began last week, when burglars twice struck a farmhouse in Upper Pittsgrove, Salem County.

On Jan. 22, the second time the two burglars hit the house, the owner caught them in the act and called authorities.

Troopers found them in their alleged getaway car and arrested the driver, Anthony D'Allessandro, 42, of Williamstown, on charges of burglary. D'Allessandro's passenger opened the door and ran off, Jones said. The suspect, Peter Monteleone Jr., 44, of Folsom, is still sought on burglary charges.

State police put out bulletins seeking information about Monteleone. A trucking company responded, saying it had recently arranged to drop off a trailer for Monteleone on Hinkle's property. The officers went there Monday and found Hinkle outside.

Jones would not comment on the conversation that officers had with Hinkle, but during the exchange they determined they needed to take him in for questioning. He agreed to go and asked permission to go inside for a jacket.

Jones said that Hinkle then slammed the door and that the officers found him holding a handgun in the kitchen, where he was disarmed and arrested.

He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and released on bail. Police are investigating the connection between Hinkle and Monteleone.


Hinkle, who has not stayed in his house since his arrest, was expected to be allowed back into it last night, Jones said.

Yesterday afternoon, state troopers were still milling around the area, and a police trailer was set up near Hinkle's house. Clearing out the weapons took most of three days, Jones said. Officers used a forklift to remove the ammunition, which was stored on a dozen pallets. The bomb squad was called in to detonate the grenade, and officers destroyed some old ammunition that appeared hazardous.

News of Hinkle's arsenal was a shock to his neighbors, who said he always kept to himself. Franklin Township Clerk Carolyn Toy, who lives four houses away, said he lived alone with his dog, a retriever.

"He was always very pleasant to me," she said. "He'd plow our driveway when there's snow and it was free."

Marge Pfrommer, deputy mayor of Franklin Township, said residents were not too shaken by the week's events. Pfrommer, who has lived in Franklin for 50 years, said she had never heard any complaints about Hinkle. It's a quiet neighborhood, she said.

"Sometimes you can't know what's going on with residents and what they have behind clos

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At least now we know who has been clearing Walmart out of ammo

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When I saw the words "New Jersey" and "Huge Weapons Cache" in the thread title, I was expecting 1 AR-15, a couple of handguns and a bolt action rifle. Glad to see my expectations were exceeded by this guy.

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They 'll probably burn him good now,...since it said he had some DD's

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Guilty until proven innocent.

It seems it is the way it works today.

Just another reminder of our free chicken status.

Guy like this seems really paranoid, acted paranoid, and anyone paranoid of their wonderful system :sarc: is obviously "up to something wrong".

And therefore subject to the complete violation of his self (as in jail), and his property. And no one seems to notice...

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TA, glad to see you posting for a second my heart dropped and I thought

"Ah shit, they finaly got him."

and Im not joking about that one.....

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I sympathize with the guy for being branded a psycho just because he has a super sweet cache of arms and ammo that most of us would really enjoy, but yeah, being cooperative with the fuzz would likely have been the best thing to do in this situation. I don't count my local law enforcement as enemies at all, until they do something to violate my rights. Heck, around here, I suspect most of the local police have their own arsenals at home.

If he was innocent of involvement with this burglary, there is a possibility no one would even have found out about his "collection." The police probably would have just done a cursory search of his home and might not have located "der FuhrerBunker."

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How is it "brandishing" if he was in his house? he can do whatever he wants IN his house..right?

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Maybe he didn't know they were cops? Took a nap, woke up because someone was trying to break into his house (or so he thought at the moment), grabbed his gun to investigate...

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The whole Gernade thing looks kinda bad for him:ok:

He could have had a gun in his own house in his hand legaly --until the police decided to press charges over it.:ok:

I really like the part where he snow plowed the neighbord drive fro free.:yes:(This shows hes a careing guy with Gernades and pallets of Ammo.)

Hes in a bit of trouble I'd have to counsel him to get an attorney.

E-A

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reading the article carefully might answer your speculations

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I think he was set up. The police probably recieved tips he was making large purchases and had him under surveilance for some time. When thy went to the house with their phony bologna story of a robbery, they saw him putting away a piece, and decided to take him down. Yep, he was branishing a piece, trying to get it out of sight.
I don't believe police stories!

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I think you nailed it brother. I think the whole story was a bullsh*t lie. They knew he was stockpiling. That just can not be allowed in the new communist state.

Listen to the reaction of the neighbors. He was a good guy , he plowed my driveway for free, he was quiet and kept to himself etc, They are telling the truth. The cops ?

My guess is that these types of stories will become more common within the next year.

Im surprised at the reaction from most of you guys. The FUC*IN cops are stooges that will lie for their masters and you know it

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I don't know. That's one of the most level-headed articles I've seen about police confiscating a stockpile of weapons and ammo. The police are careful to say it's not illegal to own guns or to dig holes in your yard. They acknowledge that the guns may not be illegal, and that the guy didn't seem anything but normal until the incident. I think if they were nailing this guy just for stockpiling, they'd be feeding the media a lot more "scary gun nut" hysteria. I mean, come on, how many times have we read the words "arsenal" and "stockpile" and shook our heads because the description fit neither? But this guy, holy cow! Half a million rounds of ammo? 259 firearms? That's impressive! Half a million rounds of ammo? They could have nailed his hide to the wall in the media, and they really didn't. I've seen more hysterical articles about an "arsenal" of 7 guns and a "stockpile" of 500 rounds.

There's something weird here, but I suspect it's that the guy might just be a compulsive collector. Other people have balls of rubber bands. He's got crates of ammo. You have to wonder why he ran into the house and was found holding a handgun, if he did, indeed, do that. Maybe he panicked? Maybe he ran in the house to take off the handgun before going with the police and the police followed him? Maybe he is a little bit wacky? I hope we get to hear the rest of this story. I'd love to hear Hinkle's side of it.

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And yet so many people here try so hard to get out of jury duty. If you don't believe the cops, jury duty is a great opportunity to serve justice as you see it.

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Agreed. However, I have never been givin the opportunity to serve on a jury, and I am in my 40s.

Interesting that you brought up the subject of jury duty. In my opinion it is one of the few areas in society that should have a socialist bend to it.

In other words, people should not be made to suffer financially when serving on a jury.

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"Bunker" eh? last time I looked, a Bunker was a hardened defensive position in which you shelter yourself.A septic tank full of preps would be a "cache" or stash. love the media.BTW the grenade thing shows hes an idiot.

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I think the cops knew this guy had a stash and could have made up or instigated an incident to confiscate his stash.

You never here what happens to the stash.

Cops end up buying it and selling it for huge profits.

What did we learn for all of this...

I order to live through this time we need to be a gray man.

Look like you are apart of a system but in your head you are a rebel.

Play by the rules, kiss ass, and smile.

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And of course the MSM articles always tell the truth, and never twist the facts (especially when it comes to guns), either purposefully or out of ignorance.

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A CIA staged event to take away more of your rights

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Just how DOES a former police officer manage to collect 259 firearms and nearly a half-million rounds of ammunition?

Inherited wealth? Good market timing? Or perhaps just theft from "perps?"

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I'm surprised his septic tank still worked with all those guns in it. :biggrin:

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Yeah this story does not make sense.

They were going to take him in for questioning, so he runs into the house to get a firearm and 'brandish' it, only to get disarmed and arrested?

Nah that story does not fly well with me.

If he wanted to resist arrest he would have actually shot the officers and tried to make his getaway.

If he wanted to surrender he would have just went in for questioning.

This awkward middle ground they claim he undertook is just completely illogical.

I am positive the cops made this shit up o justify arresting the guy because they already knew he had a stash they wanted to take away.

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I will really try to follow this story closely ........and keep folks in the loop .... this is too important to just let is go by the way side.

T

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If I understand it right

cops were after some other perp that got away
and that perp was getting a storage unit delv. to
this ex-cops house.

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My thoughts exactly. I'm getting more and more skeptical of these weapons stories in the news. Seem to be becoming more regular lately...or maybe I'm just paying more attention.

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Both.


T

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Guilty until proven innocent, eh?

What makes you think that the grenade was NOT planted on his premises, since everything else he possessed in the way of guns and ammo, was NOT illegal.
If he had any unregistered FA, I guarantee the MSM would have been fed that line.

Please think about what is really at stake here:

Asset forfeiture laws dictate that the LEOs get to keep, not buy, but keep, everything this guy owned, including his property and any bank assets, if he was engaged in "illegal" activity.

He very well may have been targeted by the local 50 in order to feather their nest.

My local PD is anally fixated on wireless phone call infractions; not because it is a "crime" against another human, but because it generates revenue for the city.

LEOs are under tremendous pressure to produce revenue, and this NJ guy is a veritable cash-cow.

The FBI confiscated 100 K FRNs of gold, silver and copper Liberty Dollars from me personally, and destroyed my business credibility in my local community, but was I charged with a crime? NO.

ATF (now BATFE) confiscated 50 (fifty), KT Ordnance produced AR-15 lowers from me personally, but was I charged with a crime? NO.

Remember the now infamous BATFE Leatherman contract?

Always Think Forfeiture!

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so, how do they take 100k of money and 50 lowers from you and not charge you with a crime? did you get compensated?

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In my last conversation with BATFE two years ago (I vowed not to }EVER talk with BATFE again), I was told by the lead investigator that I would never see my lowers.

As for the PMs, the DOJ has twice delayed their case against the metal (yes, the defendant is the metal in this particular civil, asset forfeiture case), and the magistrate has agreed to seal the contents of the requests, so we will find out again in June of this year, whether Treasury and DOJ intend to delay again, or actually charge any human with a crime.

Always Think Forfeiture!

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That's it.......now anyone displaying ODD BEHAVIOR is guilty !

:rant: :banghead: :rant: :thumpdown

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How did they find your PMs?

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Funny how it's never the people who want jury duty who get it. Their selection process is a load of crap. I've never been called in. Where's the justice in a country if jury's are packed with a non-random representation of your peers?

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The majority of the PMs are in the form of gold and silver certificates, as well as Electronic Libertys.

The metal was confiscated from Sunshine Minting, as well as the Liberty Dollar's main office in Evansville Indiana, on November 14th, 2007.

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Ouch.... so sorry man. I really hope you can get it back.
:36_3_12:

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My deepest apologies.......

But Brother AG has paid a fearsome price so we do not have to.

Hold your metals IN THE RIGHT FORM......... HARD MONEY
Hold your metals IN THE RIGHT PLACE........BESIDE YOU.



T

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Some how I get the feeling the Jersey Trooper training range is flush with ammo today.
I bet they are as happy as pigs in sh!t!
http://home.btconnect.com/ugly-broth...iling-Pigs.jpg

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