Bomb Materials Found In Marine’s Baggage At Logan
April 19, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
State police and security officials say a U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday morning at Boston’s Logan International Airport after screeners found bomb-making materials, a gun and ammunition in his checked baggage.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis says 22-year-old Cpl. Justin Reed, of Jacksonville, N.C., was booked on US Airways Flight 877 to Charlotte, N.C. Davis says Reed arrived in Boston on a flight from Las Vegas earlier Sunday morning. Davis says the TSA is trying to determine why the items were not detected during a screening in Las Vegas.
State police at Logan were notified about the items by the TSA screeners.
Reed was charged with possession of an infernal machine and possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport. Bail was set at $50,000.
Joint Terrorism Task Force To Open Office At Logan Airport
October 22, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
A joint terrorism task force will get dedicated space at Logan International Airport under an agreement signed yesterday with the FBI that marks a first for U.S. airports.
The 2,700 square feet of office space on the sixth floor of Logan’s old air traffic control tower will be used by the force, which may include personnel from the Secret Service, Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Air Marshal program, Massachusetts State Police, and Customs and Border Protection.
“Our No. 1priority is preventing terrorism attacks,” FBI Special Agent Gail Marcinkiewicz said. “Considering we have jurisdiction over crimes committed aboard aircraft, this would enable us to have a better response time at the airport.”
Representatives from the FBI, Customs, TSA, the Federal Aviation Administration, airlines and other law enforcement agencies already attend daily 8:30 a.m. security briefings at Logan with Massport’s aviation operations staff, a practice that started after the 9/11 terrorism attacks.
“The idea of having the JTTF space on the airport is to improve communications in a secure environment,” Massport spokesman Matt Brelis said.
In lieu of paying for rent, utilities and maintenance, the FBI will cover the estimated $750,000 design and renovation of the facility, which should be ready next year.
