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Harrisburg, PA
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Bomb Threat On American Airlines Flight Diverts Plane From NJ To PA: Report Bomb Threat On American Airlines Flight Diverts Plane From NJ To PA: Report
Bomb Threat On American Airlines Flight Diverts Plane From NJ To PA: Report An American Airlines flight was diverted from Newark, New Jersey on its way to Dallas, Texas on Wednesday morning, Sept. 4, according to flight logs.  The flight, AA 1603, was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport allegedly due to a bomb threat, as WPXI Channel 11 reported.  A flight attendant using the restroom supposedly spotted a "barely legible note written in pink pen on the door that said 'there’s a bomb on board,'" the outlet reported citing the FBI.  The plane left EWR at 8:06 a.m., diverting and landing at PIT at 10:15 a.m., flight logs show. The landing at …

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
Police & Fire
Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania
Homicide Suspect Jumps From Second Floor Of Airport In Pennsylvania A homicide suspect and convicted felon leaped from the second level of a parking garage at an airport in Pennsylvania on Valentine's Day, police announced the following morning.  Joshua Leyo, 30 of Altoona, was found with "serious injuries" in a stairwell at the Pittsburgh International Airport around 7:55 a.m., according to the Allegheny  County Police Department.  Leyo was wanted in Blair County on murder charges following a "suspicious death" in the 200 block of East Maple Avenue at 1:43 p.m. on Feb. 13, the Altoona Police Department said and court records confirmed.&…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
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Florida Man Brings Loaded Gun To Harrisburg International Airport: TSA Florida Man Brings Loaded Gun To Harrisburg International Airport: TSA
Florida Man Brings Loaded Gun To Harrisburg International Airport: TSA A Florida man has yet again been caught with a loaded gun at a Pennsylvania airport and another man brought a loaded gun to Pennsylvania airport on Christmas Day — both claimed they found that they had their loaded guns on them.  Last December, another Florida man accidentally helped the Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport set the record for most guns found in a year, with 10 guns. This year a Florida man is inching the TSA closer to that record, as the loaded gun found by officers at the x-ray machine is the 8th found at HIA in 2023…

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by Jillian Pikora
Gettysburg, PA
Sports
NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers Airplane Makes Emergency Landing (DEVELOPING) NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers Airplane Makes Emergency Landing (DEVELOPING)
NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers Airplane Makes Emergency Landing (Developing) The plane the Pittsburgh Steelers were flying home from their victorious game against the Las Vegas Raiders has made an emergency landing.  The plane's emergency landing happened on Monday, Sept. 25, according to a tweet on X by defensive tackle Cam Heyward. Our team charter plane was unexpectedly diverted to Kansas City early this morning on our way back to Pittsburgh following our game in Las Vegas. Everyone on the plane is safe, and we are making necessary plans to arrive back in Pittsburgh later today. — Burt Lauten (@SteelersPRBurt) September 25, 2023 Daily Voice has confirmed tha…

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by Jillian Pikora
Chambersburg, PA
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Loaded Guns Found At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Loaded Guns Found At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA
Loaded Guns Found At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Loaded handguns were found in carry-on bags at two Pennsylvania airports early in the morning on Wednesday, Dec. 7, authorities say. Both guns were found by Transportation Security Administration officers using x-ray machines, according to multiple releases by the TSA.  At Harrisburg International Airport a Michigan resident was stopped with a .38 caliber revolver was loaded with five bullets. This is the ninth gun TSA officers have found at HIA, a record-high number caught at the airport in a single year in the 21-year history of TSA. The second gun was a loaded 9mm handgun fou…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
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Loaded Gun, Among Weapons Found In Passengers' Carry-Ons At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Loaded Gun, Among Weapons Found In Passengers' Carry-Ons At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA
Loaded Gun, Among Weapons Found In Passengers' Carry-Ons At Two Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Officers at two Pennsylvania airports seized guns— one of which was loaded, on Friday, Oct. 21, according to Transportation Security Administration.  A .40 caliber handgun along with a box of ammunition was found in a Duquesne man's carry-on at the security checkpoint on Pittsburgh International Airport.  Allegheny County police were notified and they   confiscated the gun and arrested the man. The U.S. States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania also requested that county sheriffs to rescind a resident’s firearm concealed carry license due to negl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms
Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms There appears to be a disturbing trend of firearms at one Pennsylvania airport, authorities say.  TSA officers seized the fourth gun in five days at Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 1:07 p.m., according to a release by Allegheny County Police of their finding. The latest gun seized was a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm caliber handgun within 35-year-old Paul O’Brien of San Diego, CA's carry-on and he did not possess a valid concealed carry permit, according to the police. TSA officers stopped O'Brien at the security scanner and notified the police and the FBI…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
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Two Women Caught With Loaded Handguns At Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Two Women Caught With Loaded Handguns At Pennsylvania Airports: TSA
Two Women Caught With Loaded Handguns At Pennsylvania Airports: TSA Two women at two separate airports in Pennsylvania were caught with loaded guns on Thursday, July 21, according to releases by the TSA.  A Swissvale woman was stopped at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint with a 9 mm gun loaded with two bullets, with an additional 35 bullets packed in her carry-on, officers say.  After detecting the gun, TSA officers notified the Allegheny County Police who confiscated the weapon from the woman.  That same day at Harrisburg International Airport a Mechanicsburg woman  was found with a .380 caliber handgun load…

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by Jillian Pikora
Newark, NJ
News
COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports COVID-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports
Covid-19: Fewer Flying, But More Caught Carrying Guns At Airports An Essex County traveler caught trying to bring a loaded gun through a Newark Airport checkpoint late last week wasn't a rarity: Even though far fewer people are flying because of the coronavirus, the TSA says, more passengers are packin'. Airline traveler volume since the pandemic hit has been 60% to 80% lower than last year. Yet, with 11 weeks left in 2020, the TSA reports as many guns seized this year as in all of 2019, "when passenger volume was significantly more robust," said Thomas Carter, the TSA’s security director for New Jersey. Some examples: A Pennsylvania man was caught wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Halloween Scene: Traveler Tries Bringing Jumbo Kitchen Knife Aboard LaGuardia Flight Halloween Scene: Traveler Tries Bringing Jumbo Kitchen Knife Aboard LaGuardia Flight
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
TSA: Passenger Tries Bringing Large Sword Onto Plane At Newark, Other Weapons Seized Nationwide TSA: Passenger Tries Bringing Large Sword Onto Plane At Newark, Other Weapons Seized Nationwide
TSA: Passenger Tries Bringing Large Sword Onto Plane At Newark, Other Weapons Seized Nationwide A man who tried carrying a large sword onto a plane at Newark Airport was nabbed by TSA agents. He apparently thought he could carry it past a security checkpoint because of its value, TSA Transportation Security Administration Public Affairs spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said Monday. “Doesn't matter to TSA how much the weapon is worth,” Farbstein said. “No weapons should be brought in the cabin of a plane.” It was one of several weapons that TSA agents found people illegally carrying through checkpoints at airports throughout the country the past few days. A passenger at Seattle-Tacoma Int…

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by Jerry DeMarco