SECAUCUS, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- New Jersey police on Monday released video footage of a huge stash of guns and ammunition found in an office closet of a hospital last month.
Secaucus police discovered dozens of rifles, shotguns and handguns, along with assorted ammunition following a hoax for an unrelated bomb threat at Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18 which prompted police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs to conduct a search.
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There were no bombs found, but a canine alerted officers to a closet in a hospital office where 11 handguns and 27 rifles were seized, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.
A 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine, a Kriss Vector .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine determined to be an assault rifle was also seized, police added.
According to officials, the stash belong to 46-year-old Reuven Alonalayoff who was hired by the hospital to work as a director of marketing.
Alonalayoff was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport on Aug. 7 and charged with second-degree unlawful possession of an assault firearm and two counts of fourth-degree possession of a prohibited high-capacity magazines, according to court documents.
“The presence of weapons in a hospital is inexcusable beyond comprehension and contradicts our mission of care and our commitment to the safety of our community of staff, patients and the extended community,” Hudson Regional Hospital officials said in a statement at the time of the arrest. “While regrettable, this incident has given us occasion to review security protocols and we have taken steps to assure that it will never happen again.”
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