The FBI reports that a man from New Jersey tried to board a plane from Newark to Florida with 3 guns, ammunition, fake USA. marshal badge

NEWARK, New Jersey. A man who, according to federal agents, tried to board a plane in New Jersey with three handguns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and a fake law enforcement ID, is in federal custody and facing two charges.

Seretse Clauden, who has a previous conviction for a gun, is charged with possession of a firearm by a perpetrator and holding a fake ID, according to a complaint released on Monday.

The incident occurred when Clauden, 42, of Wallington, New Jersey, was trying to board a flight from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Dec. 30, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit filed in the federal district. court in Newark.

According to the affidavit, agents looking through registered bags found ammunition and a bulletproof vest marked “Deputy Marshal” in one of Clouden’s bags. They removed more of his luggage from the plane and found an AR-15 rifle that “meets the definition of a machine gun,” another rifle, a pistol, a stun gun, a spring-loaded knife, a baton, an “American baton.” According to FBI agent Christopher Granato, a “Marshal” badge and U.S. Marshal’s ID with Clouden’s name and photo.

The FBI agent said the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed that Clauden is not employed and has never worked for the agency.

A lawyer listed in court records as representing Clouden did not immediately respond to an email asking for comment. A U.S. judge signed a detention order Monday for Clauden and said Clauden and prosecutors want more time to negotiate a plea.

According to Granato, Clouden was convicted in 2016 in New Jersey for illegal possession of a weapon.

Last year, the Transportation Security Administration confiscated a record 6,542 weapons at airports across the country. Most people who are stopped at an airport security checkpoint for having a weapon say they forgot they had a weapon with them.