A Slate Belt man is facing felony firearms charges after police found an allegedly loaded ghost gun in his car as he gambled at Wind Creek Casino Bethlehem.
Kaminee D. Marrow-Mcdowell, 27, of the 200 block of South Main Street in Bangor, is charged with felony firearms not to be carried without a license and felony possession of a prohibited firearm.
A warrant for Marrow-Mcdowell‘s arrest on Tuesday was filed at the office of District Judge Nicholas E. Englesson.
A Bethlehem patrol officer just after 8:30 a.m. April 15 found the gun in Marrow-Mcdowell’s silver 2019 Hyundai Elantra parked at the Wind Creek Casino parking garage, 77 Wind Creek Blvd.
Marrow-Mcdowell had active warrants filed for violating parole as a convicted felon, court records state.
Investigators call it a “ghost gun” because it came from a kit and was assembled by someone other than a gunsmith or manufacturer.
Marrow-Mcdowell was found in the casino and taken into custody by city and state police.
Investigators seized Marrow-Mcdowell’s car keys and the Polymer80 9mm “kit gun” from the vehicle, police said.
The chamber of the firearm was empty; however, the magazine was loaded with 15 hollow point, 9mm cartridges, police said.
Marrow-Mcdowell allegedly admitted it was his gun, although he allegedly added he “never fired the weapon and only carries it for protection, police said.