LOS ANGELES CA Jan 21 2020 A person being disorderly and refusing to leave the airport was arrested Monday according to LAX airport officials. The person was taken into custody after a disturbance at Los Angeles International Airport caused a brief panic among some travelers, officials say. The person who police took into custody was not […]
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Washington DC January 17 2020 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recovered more guns at airports across the country in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s history. According to TSA, 4,432 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags or on passengers at checkpoints across the country. Of those, TSA says 87% were loaded. “The continued increase in […]
ORLANDO, Fla. January 15 2020 A 15-year-old girl with autism missing from Apopka made it through security at Orlando International Airport on Friday afternoon, the Orlando Police Department said. The girl said she found a drink coupon belonging to another passenger on the floor, used it as she passed through TSA Precheck and presented it to […]
Newark NJ Jan 13 2020 An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said. United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. January 6 2020 The Fort Wayne Police Department and several agencies responded to what they called a “suicidal threat” in the parking lot of Fort Wayne International Airport Saturday. Police officers were first called to the area around 12:04 p.m. Members of the SWAT team were called out as well. Police gave the all […]
Los Angeles CA December 31 2019 A man who died in a fall at the Los Angeles International Airport was an employee who took his own life, officials said Monday. At about 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, firefighters responded to the customs level of LAX for a 27-year-old man who was injured from a fall, according […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. December 28 2019 The Birmingham Airport Security Department found a deceased person near the airport around 10 a.m. in an area behind the airport and notified the Birmingham police. Birmingham Police say that death is now being investigated as a homicide. Sgt. Johnny Williams with Birmingham Police says the change to a homicide […]
BOSTON MA December 28 2019 Agents at Logan Airport stopped a man who was attempting to bring an antique gun through security on Christmas Day. Agents said that the firearm was very old and unique. The man told TSA he inherited the gun from his grandfather. Although police were called, officers allowed the man to return […]
Chicago IL December 23 2019 Chicago TSA and police do not plan on confiscating small amounts of marijuana found on adults traveling out of the city’s airports once Illinois legalizes recreational pot next month. Federal and local officials discussed enforcement during a press conference held Friday ahead of the state’s new recreational marijuana law taking […]
Washington DC December 10 2019 Drug smuggling TSA and airport employees shipped 20 tons of cocaine in 18 years. Twelve current and former TSA officers and airport staff are facing possible life sentences after being indicted on an alleged drug trafficking operation that smuggled 20 tons of cocaine into the US through Puerto Rico over an […]