2 Men Arrested Allegedly Trying To Board Plane With Guns
Men Allegedly Posing As Police OfficersPOSTED: 4:38 pm EDT May 20, 2005
UPDATED: 6:56 pm EDT May 20, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- Two people were arrested Thursday night for allegedly trying to board a plane with guns at 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 police officers and attempting to board an airplane with firearms.
The investigation is continuing.
Copyright 2005 by NBC10.com
3 comments:
Hey there how dumb are some people in the world I mean you have the right to bear arms I'll give you that, but do you really need a gun every place you go.
Michael
Without going into the actual procedures for dealing with handling legitimatly armed passengers, let me just say this: It bogges my mind. Luckily they wern't able to board the aircraft, though I'm sure it caused a re-screening of all the passengers in the terminal.
Exactly.... Believe it or not, there are times when a passenger needs to carry an UNLOADED weapon on board and A/C....
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