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Man Charged After Being Caught With Various Weapons & Over 1,000 Rounds Of Ammo At North Carolina A&T

<p>A 27-year-old named Brandon James Bentley was recently charged after being found with a large arsenal at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University &lpar;N&period;C&period; A&amp&semi;T&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Suspect Was Caught On Campus With A Plethora Of Weapons<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;myfox8&period;com&sol;news&sol;north-carolina&sol;greensboro&sol;man-arrested-on-north-carlina-at-campus-with-hundreds-of-rounds-of-ammo-numerous-weapons-documents-show&sol;&quest;email&equals;593f7ba995840b6970f7f5f2f79a4b81218fc80&amp&semi;fbclid&equals;PAAaYhF59CniDXVCCOL7MOitv-QNPegyFv&lowbar;OPh&lowbar;eKhWshmlGEO6lSLRP6lZzI" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WGHP<&sol;a>&comma; Bentley was taken into custody last Sunday after being found at N&period;C&period; A&amp&semi;T—a historically Black college and university &lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;black-history-month-hbcu-representation-film-tv&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;o6j0sg&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTIwMzIxNTk3MS4xNjgwNTU1Njc5&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDU1OTQ5Ny4yLjAuMTY4MDU1OTQ5Ny4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">HBCU<&sol;a>&rpar;—with a rifle&comma; a revolver&comma; a loaded handgun&comma; and two shotguns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wxii12&period;com&sol;article&sol;north-carolina-man-arrested-ncat-campus-numerous-weapons-ammunition&sol;43497444&num;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WXII 12<&sol;a> reports that he had over 1&comma;000 rounds of ammunition on him at the time of his arrest&comma; which occurred at around 4 a&period;m&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; that wasn&&num;8217&semi;t all that Bentley was packin&&num;8217&semi;&comma; as he was also found in possession of brass knuckles&comma; a hatchet&comma; a machete&comma; a stun gun&comma; pepper spray&comma; a baton&comma; and numerous knives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was also caught with some more obscure items&comma; including a crossbow&comma; a &&num;8220&semi;blowdart weapon&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a sword&comma; &&num;8220&semi;choking devices&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;claws&&num;8221&semi;—along with what was described as a &&num;8220&semi;makeshift firework explosive&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the objects that were reportedly found in Bentley&&num;8217&semi;s possession&comma; he was also puzzlingly equipt with &&num;8220&semi;holy water&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as well as a chicken foot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a result&comma; he was hit with separate charges of possessing a firearm&comma; explosive&comma; and non-gun weapon on educational property&period; He was also charged with carrying a concealed gun&comma; driving with a suspended license&comma; and reckless driving&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bentley reportedly had his bail set to &dollar;100&comma;000&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if he&&num;8217&semi;s still in custody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Brandon James Bentley Has No Affiliation With N&period;C&period; A&amp&semi;T &amp&semi; Has Been Banned<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>WXII 12 notes that&comma; in response to Bentley&&num;8217&semi;s arrest&comma; N&period;C&period; A&amp&semi;T released a statement to shed further light on the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;On March 26 at approximately 4 a&period;m&period;&comma; Brandon James Bentley was arrested on the North Carolina A&amp&semi;T State University campus after being encountered driving unsafely in the area of Sullivan Street and Benbow Road&period; After campus law enforcement discovered weapons in the vehicle&comma; Bentley was immediately arrested&comma; and the weapons confiscated&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The institution also noted&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Because of the quick and decisive action of law enforcement&comma; a campus alert was not issued&comma; as the suspect no longer constituted an ongoing threat to campus safety&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After pointing out that a joint investigation between numerous agencies is underway&comma; N&period;C&period; A&amp&semi;T declared that Bentley—who &&num;8220&semi;has no affiliation&&num;8221&semi; with the school—has been banned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The FBI&comma; State Bureau of Investigation&comma; the Bureau of Alcohol&comma; Tobacco and Firearms and Greensboro Police Department are in charge of an ongoing joint investigation into this incident&period; Bentley&comma; who has no affiliation with A&amp&semi;T&comma; has been banned from the North Carolina A&amp&semi;T campus&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">There are no further updates to the situation at this time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"118198" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;man-after-being-with-various-weapons-over-1000-rounds-of-ammo-at-north-carolina-at&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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