NEWARK NJ July 1 2022 –Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Port Authority Police (PAPD) officials are highly concerned about the frequency that they are seeing travelers carry ammunition and handguns to security checkpoints at Newark Liberty International Airport. Most of those guns are found to be loaded. “There appears to be an epidemic of ammunition that […]
San Francisco CA June 19 2022 — A man with an “edged weapon” attacked passengers inside a San Francisco International Airport terminal on Friday, leaving three with cuts and scrapes before he was arrested, authorities said. The man drove to the airport, went into the International Terminal, “walked around the departure terminal and pulled out an […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 5 2022 If you’re hoping to roll into the airport with cocaine, you can count on getting caught. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that officers found a wheelchair packed with 23 pounds of cocaine at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. On Tuesday, CPD says Alexander A. Lopez-Morel, 22, flew into the U.S. from […]
Chicago IL June 4, 2022 From October 1, 2021, to April 30, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to Chicago O’Hare International Airport arrested 105 travelers as they were attempting to enter the U.S. or as they were trying to flee. Additionally, during the month of May 2022, CBP officers […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 25 2022 A woman has been charged after she fired a weapon and shot herself in the baggage claim area at Nashville BNA last month. The incident occurred on April 17 just after 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning. Officials say, Danielle Calthomas, 39, entered the baggage claim area of the airport with […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 24, 2022 The Charlotte Area Transportation System (CATS) released a video statement on Friday night from CEO John Lewis addressing the rise in violence against CATS bus operators and safety concerns on CATS buses. “There have been rising concerns regarding the safety and security of CATS,” said Lewis, “Let me be clear, CATS […]
Charlotte NC May 10, 2022 Authorities say there’s been a recent rise in drug smuggling through Charlotte Douglas International Airport and more federal agents have been called in. Charlotte’s office of Homeland Security Investigations is particularly concerned about a spike in seizures of fentanyl at the airport. In 2019, agents confiscated only trace amounts of […]
SAN ANTONIO TX April 27 2022– A passenger who told San Antonio police he was upset about his luggage being lost allegedly took out his anger on a Greyhound bus driver and security guard. Officers responded to the downtown Greyhound station, located at the corner of N. St. Mary’s and E. Martin streets, shortly […]
DENVER CO March 18, 2022— Denver police arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday morning who allegedly assaulted a RTD security officer aboard a train. The incident happened shortly before 8:50 a.m. on the A Line near the 38th and Blake RTD station in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Cell phone video shared with Denver7 shows the scuffle […]
Philadelphia PA March 13. 2022 SEPTA is making a change and removing private security guards assigned to the transit agency. The guards will be replaced with new workers in the SEPTA Guides program. The agency’s Andrew Busch said the new guides will serve as ambassadors, working at stations along the Broad Street and Market-Frankford lines […]