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 […]
Washington DC May 7 2022 A traveler passing through a security checkpoint at Reagan National Airport in Virginia was cited for trying to bring 23 prohibited items — mostly knives — in his carry-on bag. Officials with the Transportation Security Administration said the man was stopped on Wednesday, May 4, after an X-ray of his bag […]
Washington DC March 18, 2022 The Transportation Security Administration has investigated more than 3,800 incidents of potential violations involving the federal mask mandate, assessing more than $644,000 in civil penalties, according to a report this week by the Government Accountability Office. The TSA, charged with enforcing the mandate in airports and other public transportation settings, has […]
LOS ANGELES CA March 4 2022– A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he smuggled what he believed was methamphetamine through Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for a total of $8,000 in cash. Michael Williams, 39, of Hawthorne, is charged with one count of attempting […]
Buffalo NY March 4, 2022 A Jet Blue pilot was removed from a plane’s cockpit in Buffalo on Wednesday morning after a Transportation Security Administration officer told authorities that he appeared “impaired” as he passed through security, authorities said. The pilot, James Clifton, 52, was taken into custody after he registered a blood-alcohol level of .17, […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 2, 2022 A man was shocked with a stun gun at the Nashville International Airport after Metro police said he threatened a passenger and airline employees over wearing a mask. Lucas Cutler, 44, from Alabama, is now facing several charges. ‘He was not being combative’: Witness recalls airport police using stun gun […]
Washington DC Feb 3, 2022 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced the sad loss of Dual Function Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Ira Lerman. He worked at Boston Logan International Airport and passed away on January 24 following a COVID-19 infection. Lerman joined TSA in 2008 as a TSO at Boston Logan after an extensive career […]
Atlanta GA Feb 1, 2022 The daily number of COVID-19 cases reported in the nation has surged over the past two weeks, now surpassing 1 million, with 95% of them from the omicron variant. At such a rate, every week, over 2% of the entire population becomes infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 30, 2022 A woman accused of stealing luggage at the Salt Lake International Airport has been arrested. Leticia Marie Herrera, 40, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of theft and four counts of unlawful use of a bank card. On Jan. 3, Herrera and […]
INDIANAPOLIS IN Jan 29 2022 — A Transportation Security Administration whistleblower said he and some team members have been coming to work sick to make extra cash. He’s concerned that a national TSA incentive last year could have brought more COVID cases into the Indianapolis International Airport. A transportation security officer at the airport, who 13News […]