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New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…
Newark, NJ
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Woman Caught With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport: 'I Forgot'
A woman was arrested when she tried to board a plane in Newark with a loaded gun in her handbag, authorities said. The 9mm handgun had a bullet in the chamber when a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted it in the X-ray monitor on Friday, Feb. 11, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. The woman, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, told officers that "she was running late for her flight and forgot that she had the loaded gun in her handbag," Farbstein said. Port Authority police responded and arrested her on weapons charges, Farbstein said. “If you own a firearm, you need to know wh…
Newark, NJ
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Number Of Guns Seized At US Airports 'Shot' Up Last Year, TSA Says
The second year of "the new normal" in a world with COVID saw a significant increase not only in the volume of travelers but also in the number of those trying to bring guns aboard planes nationwide, the TSA said Tuesday. With more people traveling last year, Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 5,972 firearms at airport security checkpoints across the country -- up 3,257 from the year before, said Lisa Farbstein, an agency spokesperson for the TSA. Here's the kicker: Last year's amount was also considerably more than the 4,432 detected in 2019 -- even before the pandemi…
Newark, NJ
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TSA At Newark Nabs NYC Traveler With Gun In His Carry-On
TSA officers at Newark Airport nabbed a New York City man trying to carry a gun aboard a flight on Thursday, authorities said. "The gun was spotted inside the man’s carry-on bag by a TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor," said Lisa Farbstein of the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, DC. Port Authority seized the 10-shot 9mm SCCY CPX-2 pistol and took the man into custody, Farbstein said. "This is nothing new,” said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s federal security director for New Jersey. "It’s 2022 and the law regarding the prohibition of guns in airplanes…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Mom Sewed 2 Knives Into Son's Stuffed Animal At Philadelphia International Airport: TSA
TSA officers at Philadelphia International Airport on Monday nabbed a New York woman who they say tried to bring two knives sewn into a stuffed animal onto a plane, authorities said. The Cortland, NY traveler told them the toy belongs to her son, TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said Tuesday. "The stuffed animal, which appeared to be a black bear in a space-age technology suit and cape, triggered an alarm as it entered the checkpoint X-ray machine," Farbstein said. "The X-ray image indicated something concealed inside the bear and upon closer inspection, TSA officers noticed that the …
Newark, NJ
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Hero
: Rookie TSA Officer Revives Choking Baby At Newark Airport
A 2-month-old boy had stopped breathing and was red-faced when a young mother at the Newark Airport security checkpoint screamed for help. TSA Officer Cecilia Morales had barely been on the job two months when she heard the commotion at Terminal C and began shouting instructions. "They just kept passing the baby around probably because they were panicking," Morales's fiancé told Daily Voice. Morales, a Newark resident who's been an EMT in North Jersey more than a decade, then vaulted a checkpoint conveyer belt, took the child and placed him face down on her arm, TSA spokesperson Lisa Farb…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
A North Carolina woman was arrested after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found a handgun inside her coat pocket at a Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoint, officials said. TSA officer spotted the gun in the security checkpoint X-ray machine and alerted police on Dec. 21, spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. Police confiscated the weapon and arrested the woman, who also faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying her gun to a TSA security checkpoint. “It’s the busy holiday travel period and it’s no time to be toting a gun to the a…
Newark, NJ
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Will TSA Unwrap Your Christmas Gifts? Here’s What Flyers Should Know
Before you try bringing gift-wrapped presents or your favorite food to the airport on your way to a holiday visit, you might want to check these TSA dos and don’ts. ATTENTION WRAP ARTISTS: You can save yourself a ton of grief by packing gifts in gift bags or gift boxes instead of wrapping them, the Transportation Security Administration says. “If a gift triggers an alarm, it will need to be opened to resolve the alarm,” TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. “If the is in a bag or a box, it is simple to look at the item to resolve the alarm.” NOT ALL SNOW GLOBES ARE EQUAL: Bringing a snow…
Newark, NJ
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TSA: Pennsy Traveler Caught At Newark Airport With Taped, Bandaged Gun, Bullets In Soap Bar
TSA officers at Newark Airport nabbed a Pennsylvania man who they said tried to bring a gun "artfully" taped and wrapped in an Ace bandage -- along with bullets stashed in a hollowed-out bar of soap -- onto a plane. The Chester, PA traveler told them the gun was "given to him by a deceased relative and he was planning to take it to Lagos, Nigeria," TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said Tuesday. "The items were detected among the traveler’s other belongings inside his checked bag," Farbstein said. "When the TSA officer spotted the items, Port Authority police were contacted and the man was ca…
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Halloween Scene: Traveler Tries Bringing Jumbo Kitchen Knife Aboard LaGuardia Flight
Other than to carve a Halloween pumpkin, a TSA spokeswoman asked why anyone would try to bring a jumbo kitchen knife aboard a flight after agents intercepted one at a LaGuardia Airport checkpoint. Agents nabbed a traveler with the "crazy-big" knife -- with an eight-inch blade -- at the Queens airport on Thursday, TSA Transportation Security Administration Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. This comes after they found a "razor-sharp" throwing star among a traveler's carry-on items as he passed through the checkpoint. "Sorry, but martial arts weapons, by definition, are weapon…
