Report of ‘suspicious’ person outside Hempfield casino leads to stolen car, firearm charges, troopers say
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A report of a suspicious person sitting in a vehicle just outside of Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield early Tuesday resulted in the arrest of a Jeannette man for illegal possession of a loaded firearm and the recovery of a stolen vehicle, state police said.
Jamar Abdu McIntosh, 43, was arrested on charges of receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm without a license and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was ordered held in the county jail on $10,000 bond.
Casino security expressed concerns about a “suspicious” person sitting in a vehicle outside the facility around 2 a.m., state police Cpl. Robert Duffy reported.
When troopers arrived and ran the license plate number of the 2017 gray Volkswagen sedan, the vehicle had recently been reported stolen,Duffy said. When troopers asked McIntosh to exit the vehicle and he was searched, they noticed he had an empty handgun holster on his belt. Inside the car, troopers found a loaded 9 mm handgun within reach of the driver’s seat.
Police said McIntosh also had a suspended driver’s license.
McIntosh has an extensive criminal record in Westmoreland County dating back to 2007, with multiple convictions for criminal conspiracy, drug possession, reckless endangerment, retail theft and simple assault, according to online court records.
This spring, McIntosh pleaded guilty to flight to avoid prosecution, making terroristic threats and reckless endangerment for pulling a handgun on two women who gave him a ride in November. According to police reports, McIntosh was angry because one of the women had blocked him on social media.
Under the April 7 plea agreement, when he received a sentence of 30 days to 23 months in jail, McIntosh was released from the county prison after given credit for time served.
McIntosh did not have an attorney listed in the new complaints. A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 18.