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Raymond Hansen — who was charged Friday after police said he brought an illegal, military-style rifle to his Islandia casino hotel room, and was then arrested again Friday night after officers said they found illegal weapons in a raid of his East Patchogue home — had bail set at $350,000 cash and $750,000 bond at his arraignment in Suffolk County District Court in Central Islip Saturday morning.
Prosecutors originally asked for Hansen’s bail to be set at $1 million cash and $2 million bond in light of the semi-automatic weapons police found at his home.
An aide representing Hansen’s defense attorney called the new bond request “unconscionable,” adding that Hansen, 25, of Parker Lane, had no prior criminal convictions, posed no flight risk and had the guns locked in a safe at the time of the search.
Prosecutors Saturday also asked for an order of protection against Hansen for what was described as a small chihuahua found when police searched Hansen’s hotel room at Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia. It was unclear if the protection order had been issued.
Hansen was first arrested after security at Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino entered his room Thursday night to investigate a complaint about a barking dog, then discovered a disassembled, semi-automatic AR-15 rifleand two magazine clips capable of holding a combined 30 rounds of ammunition, police said. Hansen had smuggled them under his jacket and into his room, authorities said.
A police statement Friday morning said Hansen “did not intend to use the weapon to cause harm,” but authorities did not disclose why he brought the rifle to his room.
“It’s concerning that an individual walked into a casino with an assault rifle,” Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini said at a news conference Friday in Hauppauge. “And that’s why we are taking this investigation extremely seriously. We are going to look into his past. We are going to dig and dig until we get the full picture.”
Hansen was arraigned in the casino-related case Friday on charges of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Prosecutors originally asked for Hansen’s bail to be set at $1 million cash and $2 million bond in light of the semi-automatic weapons police found at his home.
An aide representing Hansen’s defense attorney called the new bond request “unconscionable,” adding that Hansen, 25, of Parker Lane, had no prior criminal convictions, posed no flight risk and had the guns locked in a safe at the time of the search.
Prosecutors Saturday also asked for an order of protection against Hansen for what was described as a small chihuahua found when police searched Hansen’s hotel room at Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia. It was unclear if the protection order had been issued.
Hansen was first arrested after security at Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino entered his room Thursday night to investigate a complaint about a barking dog, then discovered a disassembled, semi-automatic AR-15 rifleand two magazine clips capable of holding a combined 30 rounds of ammunition, police said. Hansen had smuggled them under his jacket and into his room, authorities said.
A police statement Friday morning said Hansen “did not intend to use the weapon to cause harm,” but authorities did not disclose why he brought the rifle to his room.
“It’s concerning that an individual walked into a casino with an assault rifle,” Suffolk District Attorney Timothy Sini said at a news conference Friday in Hauppauge. “And that’s why we are taking this investigation extremely seriously. We are going to look into his past. We are going to dig and dig until we get the full picture.”
Hansen was arraigned in the casino-related case Friday on charges of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana.
