--- description: Police stopped a man on the way to New York City this week with a arsenal of guns and knives in his car title: Driver of Car Loaded With Guns Says He Was on His Way to Save a Teen Girl image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Driver of Car Loaded With Guns Says He Was on His Way to Save a Teenage Girl by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2016 2:16 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 22, 2016 2:16 PM CUT Police [stopped a man](http://abcnews.go.com/US/car-guns-stopped-holland-tunnel-york-police/story?id=40018921 "undefined") on the way to New York City this week with a arsenal of guns and knives in his car, but the man said he was rushing to “rescue” a teenage girl from an overdose. John Cramsey was pulled over with seven guns, four knives, 10 clips of ammunition, body armor and a military-grade helmet, [ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/car-guns-stopped-holland-tunnel-york-police/story?id=40018921 "undefined") reports_._ Law enforcement officials told ABC there did not appear to be any link to terrorism in the incident. Cramsey was [stopped during rush hour](http://time.com/4377183/three-arrested-holland-tunnel-new-york-guns/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") Tuesday morning at a toll plaza before the Holland Tunnel and was accompanied by two others. All three were charged with weapons possession. \[[_ABC_](http://abcnews.go.com/US/car-guns-stopped-holland-tunnel-york-police/story?id=40018921 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4377936/holland-tunnel-weapon-new-york-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4377936/holland-tunnel-weapon-new-york-city/"},"headline":"Driver of Car Loaded With Guns Says He Was on His Way to Save a Teenage Girl","datePublished":"2016-06-22T14:16:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:45:59.155Z","description":"The man said he was trying to save her from an overdose","url":"https://time.com/4377936/holland-tunnel-weapon-new-york-city/","keywords":["Crime","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4377936/holland-tunnel-weapon-new-york-city/","name":"Driver of Car Loaded With Guns Says He Was on His Way to Save a Teenage Girl"}}]}] ```