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Transit Officers Arrest Armed Fare-Beater

By William Gorta | May 5, 2012 1:44pm | Updated on May 5, 2012 2:12pm
A man arrested for fare-beating at the Rockaway Avenue station was carrying a gun, police said.
A man arrested for fare-beating at the Rockaway Avenue station was carrying a gun, police said.
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NEW YORK CITY — A man arrested for sneaking into a Brooklyn subway station was armed with a loaded revolver, police said.

Matt Louis, 20, and Arnold Riley, 23, walked through the gate without paying at the Rockaway Avenue station on the A and C lines when they were nabbed by plainclothes cops Jermaine Hodge and Yves David, police said.

A search revealed that Louis was armed with a loaded .22 caliber revolver, cops said; he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

Riley was charged with theft of service , police said.