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Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
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…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man With Loaded Revolver Busted By TSA At Philadelphia Airport: Officials Man With Loaded Revolver Busted By TSA At Philadelphia Airport: Officials
Man With Loaded Revolver Busted By TSA At Philadelphia Airport: Officials A Philadelphia man was cited for bringing a loaded revolver to the Philadelphia International airport on Friday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The unidentified man, who was carrying a .38 caliber handgun loaded with five bullets, was stopped while going through an x-ray machine at a security checkpoint, according to a release by the TSA. The man’s weapon was confiscated, he was cited by Philadelphia police, and faces a “stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying his loaded gun to a TSA security checkpoint,” according to the release. “This man told us tha…

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by Jillian Pikora