That name sounds familiar:
Using an alias maybe?
;)
Posted on 05/20/2005 4:43:45 PM PDT by wjersey
Two people were arrested Thursday night for allegedly trying to board a plane with guns at Philadelphia International Airport.
NBC 10 News has learned, and the FBI has confirmed that the men were just one step away from boarding an American Airlines flight sometime after 8 p.m. Thursday.
Sources told NBC 10 News that Timothy Robinson, of Philadelphia, and Steven Lundy, of Roselle, N.J., cleared the first checkpoint and were headed toward the airplane when an American Airlines representative looked at their paperwork and saw that the men were posing as police officers. The representative felt uncomfortable because she didn't think that they were really police officers, so she called the police department.
FBI agents said that the two men showed airport officials fake badges and fake police identification cards to clear security with the loaded handguns. They also filled out paperwork claiming that they were private police. Authorities said one gun was a .357 Magnum and the second gun was a 9 mm.
The Transportation and Safety Administration launched an investigation and the FBI arrested both men.
Robinson and Lundy were taken to the federal building in downtown Philadelphia Friday and were arraigned on charges connected to posing as polce officers and attempting to board an airplane with firearms.
The investigation is continuing.
Bail? Where did you see that? They better not be out on bail.
My reading comprehension skills are quickly diminishing with age, but where in the articles does it say they are out on bail?
arabs?
ping
Nice, and thousands of fake, almost exact copies of police badges have been imported into the US. Get ready for some more hijackings.
The article makes no mention of bail, where did you see they are out?
Bail? I saw other "b" words...badges, board, building...but no bail.
From WPVI --
"Two men have been arrested at Philadelphia International Airport on charges they tried to carry loaded guns onto a jetliner.
Forty-seven-year-old Tim Robinson of Philadelphia and 41-year-old Steven Lundy of Roselle, New Jersey claimed they were law enforcement officers.
But a suspicious American Airlines ticket agent notified police and security personnel. Both men have been released on bail."
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/052005_nw_airport.html
Lundy, Robinson?
Does not sound like it.
Somehow Timothy Robinson and Steven Lundy don't sound Arabic to me.
OK, thanks. That is different from the original post however...........
That name sounds familiar:
Using an alias maybe?
;)
Out on bail?!! OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Now, all they need are their fake passports, and over the border they go!
TSA does not "clear" police, agents, air marshals or Federal Flight Deck Officers for air travel at security checkpoint: Airport Law Enforcement Officials (LEO) check the police, special agents, marshals etc. credentials and sign them in. The screw up here lies with the local airport LEO.
Maybe it's Timothy al-Robinson, and Steven bin Lundy.
"Chill Wind" ping
There's a very big reward for stopping terrorists. The American Airlines ticket agent should get not only our heartfelt thanks for her quick thinking but alo a very large chunk of change from Uncle Sam.
Meanwhile the TSA did their usual sterling job.
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