Dennis Farina has officially been charged with a weapons-related misdemeanor.

Dennis Farina has been charged with three misdemeanours following his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport in early May . The Saving Private Ryan star, 64, was apprehended at L.A.X. Airport on 11 May after a loaded gun was found in his briefcase as he attempted to board a plane. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon following the discovery of the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol. Authorities later discovered the gun was also unregistered. It was announced on Wednesday that Farina will escape felony charges and he has now been officially charged with three misdemeanours. If convicted on all three counts he could face two and a half years in prison and a $3,000 (£1,500) fine, according to Tmz.com.
Three weeks after being arrested, actor Dennis Farina has officially been charged with a weapons-related misdemeanor. Farina’s arrest stemmed from an incident at the Los Angeles Airport where he was caught illegally carrying a gun in his luggage. Farina, who played a detective on Law & Order, apologized after the incident and admitted he forgot the weapon was in his luggage.
The misdemeanor charge can carry a maximum sentence of two and a half years in jail and $3,000 in fines. So far Farina has not been charged with any felonies and the case has been referred to Los Angeles city prosecutors.

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Dennis Farina has not yet posted bail and is still in jail.

Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested overnight at Los Angeles airport for trying to take a loaded gun onto a plane.Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his briefcase when he tried to pass through airport security, police said.He was due to take a United Airlines flight to his home in Chicago. "Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said. "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his arrest." The actor was initially booked on one misdemeanour count of carrying a loaded firearm and was bailed.The charge was upgraded later to a felony after police confirmed the gun was not registered.Farina was a Chicago police officer for nearly 20 years before taking up acting in the 1980s.He has starred in movies such as Get Shorty and Sidewalks of New York and is perhaps best known in the role of New York Detective Joe Fontana on the popular television crime series, Law & Order.

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