A North Carolina man has been charged with trying to bring an assault weapon, body armor and hollow-point bullets into a U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in New Jersey.Dustin A. Peters, 25, of Wilmington, went to the facility in Cape May to attend a graduation ceremony o Thursday, authorities said. The bullets were found during a routine vehicle search, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Authorities later found the assault weapon, a handgun, body armor and many rounds of ammunition, the statement said.Click the video player above to see headlines from WXII 12 News.The Coast Guard said it did not consider Peters a threat to the center or the local community. The FBI was assisting in the case.
Peters was charged with a variety of weapons and other offenses. He was being held Friday at the Cape May County Jail pending a court hearing. It was not immediately clear if he was represented by an attorney.

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SAN JOSE — Two months after his arrest in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County prosecutors have filed multiple felony charges against San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Reuben Foster, contending that he “dragged” his live-in girlfriend “by her hair, physically threw her out of the house, and punched her in the head 8 to 10 times.”

Foster, 24, was charged with felony domestic violence in the alleged Feb. 11 attack that investigators say left the 28-year-old woman with a ruptured eardrum, according to a news release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

He also faces a related felony charge of forcefully attempting to prevent a victim from reporting a crime, as well as felony possession of an assault weapon and misdemeanor possession of a high-capacity magazine after a Sig Sauer 516 short-barreled rifle was confiscated from his home during the initial police response.

“Our focus is on holding accountable those who hurt their intimate partners,” Deputy District Attorney Kevin Smith said in a statement. “Our office handles between four and five thousand domestic violence cases each year. We only hope that this case illuminates the tragic regularity of the rest.”

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If convicted on all charges, Foster faces a maximum sentence of more than 11 years in prison, prosecutors said. He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, and has been free on $75,000 bail since his arrest.

Foster attorney Joshua Bentley, who has represented several 49ers players through their legal troubles — the team has led the league in player arrests since 2012 with 17 — said neither he nor Foster would be answering reporters’ questions about the charges.

“This is a process with today’s court appearance being the first step,” Bentley said in a statement. “Both Mr. Foster and myself have great respect for the court. We are most anxious to have all of the facts come out and that will happen in the courtroom, not the media.”

Outside of being released from the 49ers, any other discipline of Foster would have to come through the NFL office under its personal-conduct policy. After the charges were announced, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told this news organization, “We continue to monitor all developments in this matter which is under review of the personal conduct policy.”

The 49ers also issued a statement, and did not make any mention of intentions to cut Foster.

“The 49ers organization is aware of today’s disturbing charges regarding Reuben Foster,” the statement reads. “We will continue to follow this serious matter. Reuben is aware that his place in our organization is under great scrutiny and will depend on what is learned through the legal process.”

During last month’s NFL owners meeting in Florida, 49ers CEO Jed York couched his support of Foster.

“We’d love Reuben to be on this team, and we’d love him to participate for us,” York told NBC Sports Bay Area. “But if he’s not doing things off the field that allow us to be able to rely on him – or he’s doing something that we’re not comfortable with off the field and it’s proven that’s what’s going on — I think the guys have said then you’re just going to have to move on.”

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police said officers were dispatched around 9:15 a.m. that day to a home on Shannon Road for a welfare check and to respond to a possible disturbance. Prosecutors added that the reported that the woman, who has been in a relationship with Foster for several years, flagged down a stranger’s car to get help calling 911.

Foster was eventually arrested without incident, and the rifle and magazine at the heart of the weapons charges were seized.

Sources familiar with the investigation told this news organization that the reported victim and Foster were arguing and that he threw her belongings onto a front walkway and balcony. At some point, she said he physically dragged her in an apparent attempt to remove her from the home. She also told police dispatchers during the 911 call that he owned multiple semiautomatic rifles, though only one was recovered.

The NFL has launched several public campaigns against domestic violence and fortified its personal-conduct policy after former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended for two games for a 2014 assault on his then-fiancée, then was suspended indefinitely after security footage surfaced depicting the brutal attack.

That same year, Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, and given a 10-game suspension from the NFL that was later reduced to four games by an arbitrator after Hardy appealed. He later played with the Dallas Cowboys.

In 2014, after the Rice case, the NFL granted Commissioner Roger Goodell authority to give players a baseline six-game suspension for domestic violence allegations, even without a conviction, with the discretion to decrease or lengthen based on the circumstances of a case. That was exercised with Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott this past season.

Last offseason, the 49ers drafted Foster with the 31st overall pick in the first round, with his stock having slid amid concerns about his surgically repaired shoulder and perhaps his off-the-field issues.

Foster’s rookie season covered multiple highs and lows. An ankle sprain in the season opener kept him out five games, and a rib injury kept him out another. Off the field, he and then-teammate Ray-Ray Armstrong reportedly avoided an armed robbery at a San Francisco nightclub in October. Foster’s dominant play on the field earned him NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month honors for November, and his 72 tackles, in just nine games, ranked second on the 49ers behind cornerback Dontae Johnson’s 76.

While the 49ers have led the league in player arrests over the past six years, Foster is only the second player arrested since coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch assumed their roles last year.

Last April, the 49ers released Tramaine Brock hours after he was arrested for alleged domestic violence. Four months later, prosecutors declined to file charges, Brock avoided an NFL-imposed suspension, and he resumed his career with the Minnesota Vikings.

That prompt exit from the 49ers was similar to fullback Bruce Miller getting released hours after his September 2016 arrest for an alleged assault in San Francisco.

However, when Miller was charged in May 2015 with misdemeanor vandalism following a domestic incident, the 49ers took a wait-and-see approach and stated they would “monitor these legal proceedings closely.” Miller eventually pleaded no contest in August 2015 to a misdemeanor disturbing-the-peace charge and was ordered to attend domestic-violence counseling.

In an unrelated case, Foster was charged in Alabama for a second-degree marijuana possession charge in Tuscaloosa — home of his alma mater, the University of Alabama.

MEDICINE HAT, AB — A former member of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers charged with assault with a weapon had his case adjourned once again.

Collin Ralko, 22, appeared briefly in Medicine Hat provincial court on Monday, where his matter was adjourned until March 5.

Ralko, along with teammate Kieron Burgess, was arrested on November 25 and charged with assault with a weapon.

The pair were alleged to have fired an airsoft gun from a moving vehicle in the 400 block of North Railway Street, causing minor injuries to a bystander.

Following the incident, both players were suspended from the team.

Burgess pleaded guilty and received an absolute discharge on Feb. 1 . The absolute discharge is granted by the court “if it considers it to be in the best interests of the accused and not contrary to the public interest,” according to the Criminal Code of Canada. It means no conviction is registered, but the discharge will stay on the criminal record for one year before being expunged.

Ralko returns to provincial court on March 5.

MEDICINE HAT, AB — A former member of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers charged with assault with a weapon had his case adjourned once again.

Collin Ralko, 22, appeared briefly in Medicine Hat provincial court on Monday, where his matter was adjourned until March 5.

Ralko, along with teammate Kieron Burgess, was arrested on November 25 and charged with assault with a weapon.

The pair were alleged to have fired an airsoft gun from a moving vehicle in the 400 block of North Railway Street, causing minor injuries to a bystander.

Following the incident, both players were suspended from the team.

Burgess pleaded guilty and received an absolute discharge on Feb. 1 . The absolute discharge is granted by the court “if it considers it to be in the best interests of the accused and not contrary to the public interest,” according to the Criminal Code of Canada. It means no conviction is registered, but the discharge will stay on the criminal record for one year before being expunged.

Ralko returns to provincial court on March 5.

SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) — For the second time in the last four weeks, San Francisco 49ers young star linebacker Reuben Foster is in trouble with the law.

According to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department jail website, Foster was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on charges relating to domestic violence. The 23-year-old was arrested in Los Gatos and was released on $75,000 bail.

Authorities said police responded at 9:15 a.m. to a home on Shannon Road to do a welfare check and check on a possible disturbance. Officers spoke with the victim and Foster and as a result of an investigation Foster was arrested and taken to jail.

The 49ers issued a statement saying: “The San Francisco 49ers organization is aware of the report regarding Reuben Foster. We take matters of this nature seriously and are gathering all pertinent information.”

Calls to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department were not immediately returned Sunday.

Recordings of police dispatchers indicated that Foster was found to be in possession of at least two AR-16 assault rifles.

Foster was arrested in mid-January while being back in Tuscaloosa, Ala. where he starred for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. He has been charged with second-degree marijuana possession.

Foster is coming off an outstanding rookie season despite suffering an ankle sprain that sidelined him for five games. He was named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Month for November and finished the season ranked second on the team in tackles (72).

The team had hoped it had put its legal troubles behind them. Last spring, cornerback Tramaine Brock was arrested on domestic violence and immediately cut by the team.

Prosecutors later dropped the charges due insufficient evidence, but the team said it would have no tolerance for players even if they charged.

Foster could face a six-game suspension from the NFL if he is formally charged with domestic violence. A second charge could lead to a lifetime ban.

The latest arrest has continued a pattern for the 49ers. Despite changes in both the coaching staff and the front office, the team has had an ongoing problem with players getting into legal trouble.

17 49ers have been arrested since 2012, the most in the NFL for that period of time.