Crime & Safety
Falls Man Charged With Carrying a BB Gun, Hollow Point Bullets in His Car
Suspect told police he only used the gun recreationally.
A 23-year-old Menomonee Falls man is facing charges after he was caught driving through the village with a concealed BB gun in his car.
Daniel J. Keane was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of carrying a concealed weapon. If convicted, he faced up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On July 21, Keane was pulled over near Jacobson Drive and Hiawatha Avenue after he was driving with a burned out taillight. He was issued a municipal citation for the taillight and told he was “free to go,” however, the officer stopped and came back to his car and asked if he had anything illegal in the car.
He told the officer he didn’t and gave him consent to search his car where the officer discovered the BB gun inside a drawstring bag behind the driver’s seat of the car. Keane told the officer he had been using them recreationally.
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The officer also found three .22 caliber hollow point bullets inside the car, which Keane said he was unaware were there.
He will make his initial appearance in court Nov. 16.
