Atlanta Ga Jan 10 2023 Baggage claim at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is designed to be a self-contained section enclosed by a four-foot railing. So, if someone takes an unusual route attempting to leave the space, officers may see that. That is exactly how they caught one thief trying to make off with two brightly-colored duffel […]
ORLANDO, Fla. January 10, 2023 A driver was carjacked early Monday by a gunman at Orlando International Airport, according to police. Orlando police said that just after midnight Sunday a man wearing dark clothing approached the driver’s-side door of a vehicle that was curbside at the Frontier Airlines entrance. The victim was the only person in […]
New York City NY December 30th, 2022 They’re supposed to be combating crime, not committing it. Three unarmed private security guards contracted by the MTA to prevent farebeating and keep the subways safe were arrested after allegedly beating a 20-year-old straphanger at the 14th Street-Union Square subway station on Wednesday, police said. The guards — […]
New York December 24, 2022 A Transportation Security Administration officer at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport found himself in a bit of a sticky situation Thursday. He was screening some checked baggage when one of the bags triggered an alarm, according to a TSA spokesperson. The officer opened the bag and found two plastic […]
Brooklyn NY December 22, 2022 A 39-year-old man was taken to hospital in a critical condition on Tuesday night after he menaced a pair of New York City transit workers and threatened to grab the security guard’s gun, and was shot in the chest. Michael Kemper, the acting chief of transit for NYPD, said that the […]
NEW YORK NY December 13, 2022 – The MTA is spending $1 million a month on more than 200 private unarmed security guards at 14 troubled NYC subway stations in an effort to stem fare evasion, agency leaders said at a New York City Council hearing on Monday. The acting chief of the NYPD’s transit bureau […]
LOS ANGELES CA December 13, 2022– A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for smuggling what he believed was methamphetamine through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in exchange for a total of $8,000 in cash. Michael Williams, 39, of Hawthorne, was sentenced by United States District Judge […]
DETROIT MI December 13, 2022 A man said he and another relative were kicked off a flight heading out of Flint Bishop Airport after he said the word ‘penis’ while onboard. Jayson Bauer said he and his father-in-law were flying down to Florida to help them move when they were approached by flight staff. He said […]
Atlanta GA Dec 2 2022 The 38-year-old Hapeville man who died following a struggle with officers in the Clayton County Jail Monday had been arrested after gaining access to secure areas of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport without a ticket. Terry Lee Thurmond III got through airport security Sunday without showing proper identification while “posing as an airport […]
New York NY November 30, 2022 The MTA which recently deployed hundreds of unarmed security guards to stop fare evaders is now sending armed security officers into the subways to stop the fare-beating and says the move is already saving it money. The transit agency contracted a private security firm to provide the armed personnel at […]