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Guess Why Southbound Traveler At Newark Airport Said There Was A Gun In His Bag Guess Why Southbound Traveler At Newark Airport Said There Was A Gun In His Bag
Guess Why Southbound Traveler At Newark Airport Said There Was A Gun In His Bag Another traveler gave what TSA officials say has become a familiar excuse after being arrested trying to bring a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport. "I forgot," said the airline customer from Georgia after a TSA agent at one of Newark Airport's checkpoint X-ray machines spotted a .38-caliber handgun in the man's carry-on bag. It was loaded with six bullets, Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said on Friday, April 28. Officers alerted Port Authority police, who arrested the Southern man -- and seized the gun, she said. Farbstein…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Caught With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport: 'I Forgot' Woman Caught With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport: 'I Forgot'
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: NY Madman Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs After Landing At Newark Airport Police: NY Madman Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs After Landing At Newark Airport
Police: NY Madman Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs After Landing At Newark Airport An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark,  barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said. United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost reached Newark shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday when passengers said Matthew Dingley went off. Dingley, 28, of Wynantsville, NY, sprinted to the cockpit door and began banging on it, then attacked the much smaller attendant when she tried to stop him, they said. A passeng…

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by Jerry DeMarco