Posted on 07/06/2003 2:39:31 PM PDT by mhking
A man was arrested Friday after he allegedly tried to get through a security checkpoint at MacDill Air Force Base with a loaded handgun and a knife as he asked to see Gen. Tommy Franks.
Todd Christian Wiegler, 31, of Brandon, pulled up in his car to a gate at the base around 8:40 a.m., Tampa police spokesman Joe Durkin said.
He apparently told MacDill security guards that he wanted to see Franks, who oversaw the war in Iraq as head of MacDill-based U.S. Central Command.
The guards asked Wiegler to get out of his car and quickly found a loaded Glock handgun on the dashboard, Durkin said. Wiegler also allegedly carried a concealed knife in a sheath.
Tampa police came to the gate and arrested him on charges of carrying a concealed firearm, a felony, and carrying a concealed knife, a misdemeanor, Durkin said. He was taken to Hillsborough County Jail pending a court appearance Saturday.
Wiegler did not have a listed phone number. Durkin and jail officials did not know if Wiegler had a lawyer.
Central Command officials would not say whether Franks was at the base Friday. Franks is scheduled to hand over control of Central Command to Lt. Gen. John Abizaid on Monday.
Leaving the glock *on* the dashbord isn't a good plan, even for the stupidist criminal.
rofl !
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