In the 21st-century version he's a gang leader:
"Boston say career criminal had loaded gun; Claims he was seeking buyback" by Evan Allen | Globe Staff July 08, 2014
An alleged “armed career criminal” tried to convince Boston police gang unit officers who found a loaded .45 in his glove compartment Monday night that he was about to drop the weapon off at a gun buyback, according to court documents. The officers arrested him anyway.
Christopher Fauntleroy, 23, was held on $10,000 cash bail in West Roxbury District Court Tuesday after pleading not guilty to a host of charges, including possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number and carrying a dangerous weapon, second offense.
Fauntleroy was arraigned as an armed career criminal based on previous assault and firearm convictions, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said. Fauntleroy could face a lengthy state prison sentence.
“I continue to be impressed with the work being done by my officers, and the officers in this particular incident,” Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said in a statement. “Thanks to them, the gun was recovered, and a career criminal found himself in police custody.”
Fauntleroy was arrested in Mattapan after gang unit officers in an unmarked car pulled him over in the area of Morton and Canterbury streets for speeding and other motor vehicle violations, and they saw him reaching toward the glove compartment....
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