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'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints 'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints
'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints It doesn’t rank with airports in Atlanta, Houston or Dallas in terms of numbers, but Newark Liberty has had what the TSA and Port Authority say are an alarming amount of guns seized from passengers trying to board planes with them. And most of those things are loaded. It's become an epidemic, said Thomas Carter, the Transportation Security Administration’s director for New Jersey, during a Wednesday news conference at the airport. “Guns and ammunition are never allowed to pass through a security checkpoint to be carried onto a flight, even if a traveler has a concealed carry permit,” Cart…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pills, Pounds, And Pistols: One Stafford Traffic Stop Scores Major Drugs, Guns Bust Pills, Pounds, And Pistols: One Stafford Traffic Stop Scores Major Drugs, Guns Bust
Pills, Pounds, And Pistols: One Stafford Traffic Stop Scores Major Drugs, Guns Bust A chase in Stafford County this week netted deputies 1,000 fentanyl pills, 10 pounds of weed, 16 pistols, several bottles of liquid codeine, and $20,000 in cash, authorities said.  Damion Lambert, 24, faces several charges after he ran from deputies during a routine traffic stop on Wednesday, June 22, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said.  Deputies attempted to pull over Lambert around 10 a.m. at a McDonald's in north Stafford. But instead of stopping, Lambert circled the building twice before throwing a bag out the window and taking off along Staffordboro Boulevard, the Sher…

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by Josh Lanier