Philadelphia single mom Shaneen Allen got a concealed carry permit (CCW) and handgun after being the victim of two separate robberies in the past year. After an “honest mistake” in which she drove into New Jersey with the gun in her car, she also received a court date and faces up to 11.5 years in prison for violating NJ gun and ammunition laws.
Fox News reports that Allen was pulled over on October 1 for an “unsafe lane change” after entering NJ and told the officer she had a CCW and a .380 handgun in the vehicle. The handgun was “loaded with hollow-point bullets.”
Allen was charged with “unlawful possession of the weapon and possession of hollow-point bullets.” She had only owned the gun for one week prior to her arrest and has no criminal record.
Mediaite.com reports that when Allen appeared in court on August 5 she learned that “she faces a maximum of 11.5 years in prison–ten for the [weapon] possession, 18 months for the bullets.” Moreover, the judge in the case “refused Allen the ability to enter into a ‘pretrial intervention’ program to avoid jail time.”
The prosecution offered Allen a “five year… plea bargain with no option for parole for 3.5 years.”
Allen is the single mother of two young sons.
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