NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan 20, 2022 Last year at airports across the country, Transportation Security Administration officers found 5,972 guns during security screenings, breaking a record. It’s a number that eclipses totals from years past, and it’s an issue even more pronounced in Tennessee. Officers hear it all the time — people say they forgot they even […]
NEW YORK NY Jan 15 2022 Three women are facing federal charges of attacking an airline security worker who tried to block them from boarding a flight at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport in September because of what prosecutors say was problematic behavior, including a refusal to wear a face mask properly. The three […]
Columbus OH July 14, 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is mourning the loss of Supervisory Coordination Center Officer (SCCO) Becky Howard, from the Ohio Coordination Center in Columbus. She passed away on January 5, after contracting COVID-19. Howard joined TSA in 2004 as a TSO at Dayton International Airport. She was promoted to LTSO […]
Phoenix AZ Jan 8 2022 COVID-19 is causing struggles for Transportation Security Administration staff at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, leading to the closure of two checkpoints on Friday morning. According to a TSA spokesperson, TSA had to consolidate checkpoints B and D in Terminal 4. A and C are still open, but an airport spokeswoman says […]
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 4, 2022 A disturbance caused by a 20-year-old woman forced other passengers off a flight at Salt Lake City International Airport, authorities told news outlets. The airline had to deplane other passengers in order to remove the woman as the plane waited at a gate before taking off Friday, Dec. […]
SAN DIEGO CA January 3, 2022 Private transit security and police responded after a man was shoved toward the tracks and killed by an oncoming train in an unprovoked attack at the Old Town trolley station Saturday morning, according to police. Around 6:15 a.m., trolley security called police to let them know there was a […]
STERLING, Va. Jan 3 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport arrested two men in one week who were each wanted on felony child sex assault and molestation charges. On Christmas Eve, CBP officers arrested Sir Chuku Maurice Ngare, 44 years old, of Marietta Georgia, at the departure gate for […]
Phoenix AZ Jan 1 2022 A woman late for her flight tried dashing onto the tarmac at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix to catch up to it, Arizona police said. Airport workers corralled the 53-year-old woman from St. Louis until officers arrived on Sunday, Dec. 26, police said in a statement. Airport operations were not affected. […]
Philadelphia PA December 30 2021 A New York woman is suspected after a pair of knives were found sewn into a stuffed animal her 9-year-old son was traveling with, according to the Transportation Security Administration. TSA found the knives Monday during a security screening at the Philadelphia International Airport. The weapons were found in a […]
ATLANTA GA Dec 27, 2021— A woman who reportedly caused a scene while on board a flight to Atlanta is now in FBI custody, according to Atlanta police. Police say they were called to Hartsfield-Jackson International airport last week in reference to an unruly passenger on a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. Officers […]