Trouble Right Here In River City

Turns out that roadblock kerfuffle in Erlanger near the NKY airport during the President's motorcade last week here in Cincinnati was a lot more serious than the local cops let on.

A federal criminal complaint unsealed in Covington on Wednesday says Kerry T. Prater of West Liberty had three weapons and at least 500 rounds of ammunition when he ran through an Erlanger police roadblock on Sept. 17. Obama's motorcade passed through northern Kentucky that day on the way to Cincinnati.

The complaint, written by Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agent Ronald Young, says Prater has a lengthy criminal history and had been previously declared mentally ill.

Awesome.  And this jackass came all the way down from West Liberty, 2 hours away.

Young wrote that police erected the roadblock that afternoon. Air Force One landed at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in Hebron, Ky., about 16 miles south of Cincinnati.

The suspect ran through the roadblock and was forced off the road by an Erlanger police officer, Young wrote.

"Prater refused to exit the vehicle and (the officer) removed him from the vehicle," Young wrote.

After Prater was out of the car, the police officer saw a partially concealed .38 caliber revolver on the front passenger floorboard, Young wrote. The officer then found a .223 caliber rifle hidden under a towel on the rear floorboard with four loaded magazines and 500 additional rounds of ammunition, Young wrote.

A search of Prater's car turned up a third revolver as well, Young wrote.

Remind me to buy that Erlanger cop who ran this clown off the road a cold one.  Here's a guy who has a history of harassment and mental illness, and was told by a judge that he couldn't carry firearms because of his previous troubles with the law.  So how'd he get 3 firearms and 500 rounds of ammo?

C'mon people, I live here.  It's gorram Kentucky.