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Bail cut denied for 2 arrested at tunnel with weapons cache

Associated Press
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    James Lisa, right, attorney for John Cramsey, speaks in Judge Martha Royster's courtroom as Mario Blanch, left, attorney for Dean Smith, listens during a bail hearing at Hudson County Court, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. Their clients were arrested last week on weapons charges while trying to cross the Holland Tunnel from New Jersey into New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, Pool) (The Associated Press)

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    James Lisa, attorney for John Cramsey, steps to the side as Mario Blanch, not pictured, attorney for Dean Smith, speaks in Judge Martha Royster's courtroom during a bail hearing at Hudson County Court, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. Their clients were arrested last week on weapons charges while trying to cross the Holland Tunnel from New Jersey into New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, Pool) (The Associated Press)

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    Hudson County assistant prosecutor Tom Zuppa, left, speaks as Mario Blanch, center, attorney for Dean Smith, and James Lisa, attorney for John Cramsey, listen in Judge Martha Royster's courtroom during a bail hearing at Hudson County Court, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Jersey City, N.J. Their clients were arrested last week on weapons charges while trying to cross the Holland Tunnel from New Jersey into New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, Pool) (The Associated Press)

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A judge has denied a bail reduction for two Pennsylvania residents arrested last week when they tried to drive into New York City with a cache of weapons.

Their attorneys were in court Wednesday in Jersey City, New Jersey, asking the judge to allow them to post 10 percent of their $75,000 bail instead of the whole amount in cash.

John Cramsey, Dean Smith and Kimberly Arendt have pleaded not guilty to weapons charges. Arendt has a new attorney and wasn't at Wednesday's hearing.

They were arrested as they prepared to enter the Holland Tunnel in a truck carrying weapons including a semi-automatic military-style rifle, a shotgun and five handguns. Defense attorneys say the police search was illegal.

Cramsey had posted online he was heading to New York to "rescue" a 16-year-old girl whose friend had overdosed on heroin.