Tampa Fl Jan 9 2023 A snake almost made it on a plane in Florida after the Transportation Security Administration found a boa constrictor inside a traveler’s luggage. TSA shared an X-ray image posted by agency spokesperson Lisa Farbstein on Friday, which showed Bartholomew, a 4-foot boa constrictor, inside a woman’s carry-on at Tampa International […]
ARLINGTON, Va. Jan 5 2022— A man reportedly attempted to bring a loaded 9mm rifle onto a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on New Year’s Day, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The folding rifle, which was loaded with 20 bullets, was found in the man’s carry-on bag as he tried […]
BOSTON MA December 31, 2022 – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a Massachusetts resident from carrying loaded firearm onto an airplane last night at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). During Wednesday evening security screening in Terminal A, TSA officers detected a firearm in a man’s carry-on bag. A Supervisory Transportation Security Officer approached the man […]
Washington DC December 25th, 2022 Airline passengers have brought a record number of guns in carry-on luggage to airports in Florida and across the country this year. According to a Dec. 16 press release from the Transportation Security Administration, 6,301 firearms have been intercepted at American airports this year, and more than 88% of them […]
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 […]
Washington DC December 21, 2022 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been spending $18.6 million it received in funding in order to develop, test and deploy “non-binary screening systems,” according to a new report. The funding from the FY22 Omnibus Appropriations fund, Biden’s yearly government spending budget, has been used to improve Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEWARK, N.J. Nov 27 2022— An Indiana man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers removed the components of a handgun and 15 bullets spread across two of the man’s carry-on bags at a Terminal B security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 16. It was the 12th gun […]