North Charleston SC June 6, 2023 Charleston International Airport is beefing up its security efforts with the recent addition of new K9s trained by the Transportation Security Administration. According to officials, two K-9 officers — Adam Browning and Angela Peterson — attended the National Explosives Detection Canine Program at Lackland Airforce Base in San Antonio, Texas. […]
Albuquerque NM May 25 2022 An Albuquerque Police officer in the aviation division has been charged with rape and put on unpaid leave after an airport security guard reported that he forced her to perform a sex act on him while he was on duty and in uniform earlier this year. Johnny Garcia, 38, was […]
LAS VEGAS NV April 30 2021 A man is accused of threatening to blow up airplanes at McCarran International Airport and commit a mass shooting after learning he would have to pay for a checked bag, documents obtained by the I-Team said. Andrew Greco was arrested Friday and according to Metro Police he has an address […]
Newark NJ October 2 2018 Port Authority Police officers jumped into action and saved a man’s life when he started having a heart attack in Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday, said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday, the unidentified man began to suffer from what appeared […]
Chicago IL Dec 14 2017 Chicago aldermen are again fighting city Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans’ decision to remove the word “police” from airport security officers’ titles after an infamous dragging incident on a United Airlines flight at O’Hare airport. An ordinance introduced Wednesday would take away Evans’ power to make the change and once again designate […]
Hillsboro OR July 5 2017 As Christopher Neal watched planes fly in and out of the Hillsboro Airport with his wife and young son, a stranger in a gray hoodie caught their eye. With his hood up and hands in his pockets, the man walked from across Northwest Cornell Road toward a barbed-wire fence leading to […]
Las Vegas NV June 16 2017 Las Vegas police arrested a woman passenger at McCarran International Airport late Tuesday for allegedly assaulting passengers and crew aboard an American Airlines flight from Chicago. She then attacked one of the arresting officers, police said. Crew members told Metropolitan Police Department officers upon arrival that the woman had […]
SAVANNAH, Ga, May 19 2017 Blue lights in the rearview mirror can trigger a feeling of dread for a driver. It’s a feeling Chad Troccia, a Pooler resident, is familiar with. Troccia was on his way to the airport in early 2016 when he was pulled over by an officer of the Savannah Hilton […]