A senior citizen causes a stir at a security checkpoint at John Wayne Airport in southern California. It happened after screeners noticed weapons in his carry on bag. Authorities say they found a loaded gun and a knife as the man`s bags were going through the x-ray machine. He was supposed to be boarding a United Airlines flight headed for Washington D.C. The 65 year old man, whose name is not being released, is charged with possessing a loaded gun and attempting to carrying it into a secure area.
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Man Allegedly Tried To Board DC Flight With Weapons
POSTED: 11:27 pm PDT June 24, 2004
UPDATED: 11:50 am PDT June 25, 2004
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- A man was arrested at an Orange County airport after he allegedly tried to board a flight with a loaded gun and a knife in his carry-on bag, authorities said.
"We have no reason to believe this is terrorism-related, but there's going to be an ongoing investigation," sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Still, a joint terrorism task force that includes the FBI was investigating.
The 65-year-old man, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested at John Wayne Airport on Thursday as he tried to go through a security checkpoint to take a 2 p.m. United Airlines flight heading to Chicago and Washington, D.C., authorities said.
A federal transportation inspector noticed the weapons during a routine X-ray of his bag, sheriff's Lt. Hayward Miller said.
The man was booked at the county Men's Central Jail for investigation of possessing a loaded gun and attempting to carry a loaded gun into a secure area of the airport.
FBI Questions Man Caught With Gun, Knife At Airport
NBC4.TV, CA - 12 hours ago
COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Late Thursday, the FBI was questioning a 65-year-old man of Middle Eastern descent who was arrested at John Wayne Airport Thursday for ...
Then if you click it it does say anything about him being middle eastern like they were told to take that part out of the story. Why? So no one gets frightened or it's racist? How many times does this happen?
It's not "terror related" but the Joint Terrorism Task Force thought they'd investigate it anyway.