Gary Minister Sieon Roberts Confesses to Gun Charge on Facebook

[brooklynite]

Source: ABC-7 Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A popular northwest Indiana pastor admitted in a Facebook post that he tried to go through Midway Airport security with a loaded semi-automatic pistol and spare ammo.

Sieon Roberts, 35, pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Ind., was arrested by Chicago police around 5 a.m. on Monday. U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers noticed a gun in Roberts' carry-on bag as it was X-rayed at a Midway passenger screening station. He was heading to LaGuardia Airport in New York.

The Facebook post made Tuesday under Sieon Roberts Ministries suggests Roberts was too tired to know the gun was in his bag.

On Monday, the ABC7 I-Team left numerous messages for Pastor Roberts and spoke with his mother, who said she would have him contact us. He did not return the calls, but has now posted a statement on his personal Facebook page. Roberts, a peace activist and leader of a Christian ministry in his own name, says that he "unknowingly" carried the 9mm Taurus pistol and 10 bullets to Midway Airport. One of the rounds was chambered, according to police.

Read more: http://abc7chicago.com/news/9mm-minister-confesses-to-gun-charge-on-facebook/561537/

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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!

[justhanginon]

1. What is scary is the word "unknowingly".

One would think if you had a 9mm Taurus pistol and ammo you would, maybe, keep friggin' track of them.
Self defense 101, hang on a minute bad guy, let's see, where the hell did I leave that pistol? Good Gawd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fred Sanders]

3. Jesus forgot to tell this common conman he was carrying a loaded weapon onto a plane? Also a liar for the Lord!

[happyslug]

2. Here is his web site, needs to cut it back, takes to long to load, to many graphics..

http://www.sieonroberts.com/

The press release from that web site:

This press release is in response to the recent handgun incident involving Pastor Sieon Roberts, Sr. of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Gary, Indiana. He was immediately released on bond by Chicago Police after unknowingly carrying his registered handgun at Midway Airport. The innocent, but shameful oversight of failing to remove his handgun from his backpack spiraled from a tireless weekend of various speaking engagements accompanied by travel. Although Roberts has an Indiana permit to carry a concealed weapon, he maintains his position against gun violence. Nearby auto burglaries prompted Roberts to secure a handgun for safety precautions only. He says, the handgun is usually secured for safekeeping in a residential lockbox. Roberts said, "I feel terrible about the incident that occurred at the airport, and I take full responsibility - it was an innocent mistake I regret.