Man arrested after Detroit airport security breach

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ROMULUS, Mich. – A portion of a terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was evacuated Monday after a man walked through a passenger screening checkpoint and refused to obey security officers, officials said.

The passenger failed to stop about 7:45 a.m. at the McNamara Terminal, the Transportation Security Administration said. The man was arrested by airport police and was being questioned, airport spokesman Mike Conway said.

"The Transportation Security Administration asked him to stop and he didn't comply," Conway said.

TSA workers activated an alarm and called police. Security doors were lowered at the portion of the terminal between the security checkpoint and terminal concourse, and people in that area were evacuated, Conway said.

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http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/02/ohio_man_accused_of_breaching.html

“Ohio man accused of breaching security at Detroit airport risked being shot, prosecutor says”
By Plain Dealer wire services
February 11, 2010, 10:39PM

DETROIT —

SNIPPET: “Policherla was a four-year medical student who dropped out...”

SNIPPET: “Prosecutors said Policherla also tried to board an airplane recently in Fort Wayne, Ind., but was kicked out of the airport.”