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Church Security Guard Brings Loaded Gun To PA Airport: TSA Church Security Guard Brings Loaded Gun To PA Airport: TSA
Church Security Guard Brings Loaded Gun To PA Airport: TSA A Mechanicsburg church security guard was stopped with a loaded gun at an airport security checkpoint on Friday, March 31, 2023, according to the TSA the following Monday. An unnamed Mechanicsburg man "told officials that he carries the gun with him when he goes to church because he serves on the church security detail and forgot that he had it with him when he headed to the airport for his flight," as stated in the release.  The 9mm gun was loaded with 10 bullets, as detailed int he release. The gun was found by officers at the x-ray machine. The X-ray unit alerted the TSA offic…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says
PA Man Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Makes 22 So Far This Year, TSA Says Thanksgiving brought Newark Airport a near-dubious distinction when authorities seized the 22nd gun of the year at a security checkpoint, authorities said. Transportation Security Administration officers stopped a Delaware County, PA man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 13 bullets -- including one in the chamber -- in his carry-on bag in Terminal C, the agency's Lisa Farbstein said. The Newtown Square, PA resident was the third traveler nabbed with a gun at Newark just this month, Farbstein said. The 22 overall for the year ties the record for the most in a month there with five weeks left i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Loaded Revolver Found At PA Airport: TSA Loaded Revolver Found At PA Airport: TSA
Loaded Revolver Found At PA Airport: TSA A man was stopped at Pennsylvania airport with a loaded revolver on Saturday, according to a release by the US Transportation Security Administration. The unidentified Hummelstown man was stopped at an x-ray machine while going through a checkpoint X-ray machine at Harrisburg International Airport on Jan. 22, TSA officials report. The gun was a .22 caliber revolver loaded with six bullets, which was confiscated and the man was cited on weapons violations, according to the release. TSA forwarded the incident to be followed up with the issuance of a federal financial civil penalty. “It is al…

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by Jillian Pikora