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The lie that could land you in an Alabama jail
by Andrea Ramey
The lie that could land you in an Alabama jail (WPMI)
Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) —

A change in Alabama law now means you can go to jail for telling a certain lie. Two men found that out the hard way after Mobile Police say they didn't tell officers they had guns.

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On January 9th during a traffic stop near Linwood Drive and Englewood Street, Mobile Police say officers asked the people in the car if they had guns. Police say 18-year-old passenger Jaymon Johnson had one but didn't fess up. Five days later as police responded to reports of street racing on Paper Mill Road and McKinley Street, officers stopped a car and asked the driver, 19-year-old Gabriel Lang, if he had weapons. Police say he denied having any but a shotgun was visible in the car. Both men are now charged with carrying a concealed weapon. That's a new misdemeanor offense in the state of Alabama.

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