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Man in Parking Lot Sex Bust Waives Concealed Gun Charge

Kevin Covaleski, 47, of Quakertown, allegedly had a loaded .22-caliber gun concealed in his car when he was caught by Towamencin Township officers allegedly having sex with another man in a Holiday Inn parking lot.

A Quakertown man, who Towamencin Police caught allegedly engaged in sexual activity with another man in the parking lot of Holiday Inn in January, waived his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Lansdale District Court on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a loaded concealed weapon without a license, according to court records.

Kevin Covaleski, 47, of the unit block of S. 11th Street, also waived a charge of disorderly conduct to Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas formal arraignment in May.

Covaleski filed the waiver on Monday, according to court records.

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Covaleski was taken into custody by Towamencin Police around 11:30 a.m. Jan. 24 and charged the two offenses, police said.

Covaleski was arraigned by District Judge Harold Borek and released on $5,000 unsecured bail, police said.

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Police investigated a suspicious occupied vehicle in the rear parking lot of the hotel at 1750 Sumneytown Pike, and found Covaleski and Kyle Sterling, 58, of the 1200 block of Allenhurst Avenue, Ocean, NJ, allegedly engaged in sexual activity, police said.

Covaleski allegedly had a loaded .22-caliber handgun in his possession, located in the console of the vehicle, police said. Covaleski does not have a permit to possess a concealed firearm, police said.

Sterling was cited for disorderly conduct and released, police said.


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