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Criminal

Nov. 8, 2001

Helicopter Reporter Faces Gun Charges

LOS ANGELES - "Captain" Bob Petty, the mustachioed television helicopter news reporter, has been charged with illegally possessing and arranging to sell two machine guns to a federal agent.

        LOS ANGELES - "Captain" Bob Petty, the mustachioed television helicopter news reporter, has been charged with illegally possessing and arranging to sell two machine guns to a federal agent.
        Authorities arrested Petty Monday at his Los Angeles home. They released him later that day on a $25,000 bond.
        Petty's attorney, Charl...

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