Man Arrested Trying To Board Plane With Loaded Gun
November 7, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
The WHEC I-Team 10 reports that they have learned a man recently tried to board a plane at the Rochester international airport with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag. The man didn’t get far according to the report. .
When you go through the security checkpoint at the airport, it’s hard to miss the warning signs. The number one on the list of things you can’t bring on an airplane – a gun. But last Friday, a 40-year-old man fro Horseheads, New York attempted to do just that.
The man and his wife were headed to Orlando, Florida. The trip was a 40th birthday surprise from his wife. But the real surprise came when security screeners got a look at the x-ray image of his carry-on bag.
Rochester TSA Director John McCaffrey said, “The x-ray operator observed what appeared to be an automatic weapon with seven rounds in the clip.”
The man was arrested right then and there. The criminal complaint accuses him of attempting to board an aircraft while possessing a concealed, dangerous weapon – a felony. He told investigators the handgun, similar to this one, was not his.
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I work for TSA as a Behavior Detection Officer, and we hear the same thing where I work. “I didn’t know it was in there” or “That isn’t my gun” Classic responses to these type of situations.