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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 01:02 p.m. EDT, Jun 15, 2009
A 22-year-old Akron man was arrested early Saturday after police said they found an AK-47 assault rifle in the vehicle he was driving.
Authorities said Michael J. Slayko Jr. of Portage Drive was seen waving an assault rifle around a parking lot on Weathervane Lane during a fight at 1:30 a.m.
Slayko was arrested after a traffic stop at Ghent and Smith roads, where the rifle reportedly was found behind the front passenger seat.
He was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, police said.
Police officers from Bath Township and Fairlawn assisted in the traffic stop.
A 22-year-old Akron man was arrested early Saturday after police said they found an AK-47 assault rifle in the vehicle he was driving.
Authorities said Michael J. Slayko Jr. of Portage Drive was seen waving an assault rifle around a parking lot on Weathervane Lane during a fight at 1:30 a.m.
Slayko was arrested after a traffic stop at Ghent and Smith roads, where the rifle reportedly was found behind the front passenger seat.
He was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, police said.
Police officers from Bath Township and Fairlawn assisted in the traffic stop.
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Hudson, Oh
Posted 01:17 PM, 06/15/2009
I heard about this. It seems there was a sharks vs. jets rumble after the theater let out.
Darn community theater types. They are just nithing but trouble.
Akron, OH
Posted 01:26 PM, 06/15/2009
Slay-ko
akron, OH
Posted 01:46 PM, 06/15/2009
great job police, get the idiots off the streets
Stow, OH
Posted 02:12 PM, 06/15/2009
What about his second amendment rights? Since he was waving the gun about, it was not a concealed weapon. If we allow police to stop an American citizen proudly displaying his firearm for all to see, we taking the first step down the slippery slope to registration and confiscation which plays straight into the hands of al quada, the ACLU, and the international communist conspiracy.
Akron, Oh
Posted 02:21 PM, 06/15/2009
What a jerk. Every knows that and AR-15 is a much better choice to brandish!
Wadsworth, OH
Posted 02:35 PM, 06/15/2009
Truly the one of the sharpest pencils. I wonder if he had a license to reproduce.
Akron, Oh
Posted 03:03 PM, 06/15/2009
Let them kill each other
Posted 03:11 PM, 06/15/2009
Think,
Yeah that's it, the police interfered with his second ammendment rights. I'm going to side with the police on this one, get the looney's off the road that are driving around with automatic weapons waving them at people they fight with.
Independence, OH
Posted 04:52 PM, 06/15/2009
Come on people, store your AK-47 assault rifles in the trunk and the ammunition in a locked box in the front of the vehicle. If your vehicle does not support this arrangement, I suggest buying a new vehicle to carry your assault rifle in.
Just transporting them in any old way may result in confiscation by police, damage to the weapon, theft, etc. That would be tragic.
AKRON, OH
Posted 05:06 PM, 06/15/2009
Jester - REGRETTABLY - NO - YOU CAN PACK AN AK WITH MUD AND THEY STILL FIRE. IF I WERE TO DATE ONE OR THE OTHER - THE AR IS A MUCH PRETTIER WEAPON
akron, oh
Posted 05:47 PM, 06/15/2009
The sad fact is is that if any one had a gun in most of these little hoods in caukron it would be considered normal .Now some one dressing and speaking educated with respect ,Now that would be some thing shocking worth reporting.....
Akron, OH
Posted 05:50 PM, 06/15/2009
Why wave an ugly AK around? Arrest him for ugly weaponry.
Meet The AR-15
Crackron, OH
Posted 06:39 PM, 06/15/2009
@Think - When you sway your gun around in public it's called aggravated menacing.
@Steve - This is not a automatic weapon as you suggest.
@akronlaw - You can still legally transport any legal rifle regardless of the kind of car that you have.
Posted 08:07 PM, 06/15/2009
@empower
While it's true that there is no one suprised when someone in the 'hood' has a gun, it is NOT true that there is NO one in the 'hood' dressing and speaking educated and with respect... Some kids ARE stuck in the 'hood' with thier parents.
Posted 09:14 AM, 06/16/2009
I just HATE it when some inbred jerk messes with MY rights. Makes everyone who is a resposible firearms owner look bad. JAIL HIM
Akron, Oh
Posted 10:57 AM, 06/16/2009
Does he get his gun back??
