Posted on 03/18/2007 10:44:21 AM PDT by pitinkie
LOS ANGELES — Two people who claimed to be taking a handcuffed prisoner to Hawaii for a court hearing were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after one was found to be carrying a gun without a permit, authorities said.
A man and woman were arrested for investigation of impersonating peace officers after they entered a security screening area at Terminal Three on Friday morning, Los Angeles Airport Police spokeswoman Belinda Nettles said Saturday.
The couple, who were wearing plainclothes, claimed to be law enforcement officers. The woman said she was carrying a firearm, and both claimed they had written documents indicating they were authorized to carry firearms, Nettles said.
Airport police ran a check and found that neither was a police officer, and the woman did not have a permit to carry a gun, Nettles said.
The gun was seized and the pair were taken into custody. Officials did not immediately release their names.
The "prisoner" also was taken into custody, Nettles said but she did not have additional details.
The FBI said it was assisting local authorities in their investigation.
They must have been white.
maybe bounty-hunters, maybe kidnappers....?
Or maybe s.t.u.p.i.d. They should have pretended to be Imans.
Were they eating donuts?
That's who immediately popped into my mind too!
LOL..the security guy now on Fox says maybe Bounty Hunters or testing security.
They were heading to Hawaii!
I want to go there too!
Yup!
Dog and his crew would never do that. They would call authorities.
Or it could be a "dry run" by our peace loving arabs to see if this might allow them a way to board aircraft with weapons.
No way, if they were white their names and pictures would have been released. When the media conceals the ethnicity of criminals, they're definitely nonwhite.
As a convicted felon, Dog cannot carry a firearm nor would Beth; she might break a nail using it.
I know several cops who go around impersonating police.
True. Perhaps Dog wannabes, or Dogs in training.
LOL!
Where's Homeland Security on this? Appears to me another attempt to see how much terrorists can get away with at an airport.
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