NEW YORK NY Jan 24 2021- LaGuardia Airport security checkpoint officers found bullets hidden inside a container of chewing gum last week, the Transportation Security Administration said. A TSA officer spotted the ammunition inside carry-on luggage that was going through the checkpoint X-ray machine on Jan. 14, officials said. Officers opened the duffel bag and found […]
CHICAGO IL Jan 19 2021 — A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of […]
Washington DC Jan 13 2021 As with many of the TSA Honorary Award winners, when you review their accomplishments you wonder if they ever sleep. That’s the case with the TSA 2020 National Honorary Canine Handler of the Year, Indiana Transportation Security Specialist-Explosives Detection Canine Handler, Keith Gray. “Throughout the years, Keith has always been a […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan 13, 2021 A 42-year-old man has been arrested after investigators say he ran through a roll-up door on a bag belt at Nashville International Airport and onto a secure ramp over the weekend. An arrest warrant states Airport police were dispatched around 1 p.m. Sunday to a bag belt, where there were reports […]
Newark NJ January 10 2021 Newark Liberty International Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officer Randolph “Randy” Muniz passed away on December 31, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. He would have turned 72 on January 6. Muniz was one of the original TSA officers at Newark who joined the agency in September 2002, shortly after TSA was established. […]
New York City NY January 2 2020 A man fled John F. Kennedy International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers caught a 9 mm handgun loaded with seven bullets in his carry-on bag on Monday, Dec. 28. As the man’s carry-on bag was being screened at the checkpoint, TSA officers spotted the gun on […]
PHOENIX AZ Dec 31 2020 Transportation Security Administration tweeted Monday that they found a dagger knife in a carry-on bag over the holiday weekend at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. They also say they found an axe and a double-edged knife in other passengers’ carry-ons at Sky Harbor. Knives, blades and daggers are considered weapons when […]
Washington DC Dec 30 2020 The highest number of airline travelers since the start of the coronavirus pandemic were screened this weekend, according to airport security officials. The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 1.28 million people Sunday at airport security checkpoints across the country. TSA officials also said the figure marks the sixth time in […]
December 30, 2020 New technology and diligent TSA employees at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport led to the arrest of three and the deportation of three others recently. TSA officers in San Juan used the new Credential Authentication Technology (CAT), which automatically verifies identification documents presented by passengers at the checkpoint, to confirm if the […]
POCATELLO ID Dec 27 2020— A local Transportation Security Administration officer is doing her part to help local people in need this holiday season. Christine Kish, who works at the Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) and is associated with the Bannock Civitans, recently coordinated a coat drive at her workplace. With the help of her coworkers, […]