Man packs gun in carry-on, arrested
A 42-year-old Chester County man was arrested at the Philadelphia International Airport Thursday night after a TSA screener found a loaded, .25 caliber handgun tucked inside his carry-on luggage, police said.
Man packs gun in carry-on, arrested
A 42-year-old Chester County man was arrested at the Philadelphia International Airport Thursday night after a TSA screener found a loaded, .25 caliber handgun tucked inside his carry-on luggage, police said.
The man was preparing to depart from Philadelphia around 7 p.m. when a TSA agent noticed the gun as his bag was being scanned. The agent called police, and the man was arrested without incident, said Lt. John Walker, of the Southwest Detective Division.
The unidentified man was being held at the Southwest Detective Division, headquartered at 55th Street near Pine, Thursday night, Walker said.
It was unclear whether the man knew that the gun was inside of his bag, Walker said. He’ll likely be charged with reckless endangerment and possession of an instrument of crime, Walker said, adding that the man has a valid permit to carry a firearm.
Joseph Picklo, 29, of Dallas, Pa., was arrested Thursday morning for trying to board a plane to San Francisco with firecrackers - among other questionable items - that were packed in his carry-on bag.
Whoops! Sorry about that. Won't happen again, I promise.— Moe_Syzlak- Sounds like a stupid, but honest mistake in not realizing the gun was in the bag. I see no intent to employ the gun in a criminal manner if he forgot it was there, so possessing instruments of crime does not pass the smell test.— kingnutter
- Agreed. Which means that the TSA agents, though they did their job correctly, did not avert a terror attack, or trouble of any kind.
Of all the security changes made since 9/11, the only one that made any difference was putting locks on cockpit doors. Everything else is just expensive, inconvenient security theater. - that is an awful lot of assumptions you are making in regards to passenger safety. You have no idea what this guys intentions were. Who in their right mind forgets where they put a loaded gun. And if that is the case, he needs to be taught a lesson for his stupidity. — Drewmcc
Comment removed.- Not knowing the whereabouts of your loaded firearm is called negligence.— b1ll
- Dumb— What Super Bowl?!!
- Well, a gun is not the kind of item one is supposed to lose or misplace. It is not like he placed a Swiss army knife or a toe nail clipper in his bag.— WantToKnow
Did they bash his head in? That's how they instill fear in the people witnessing the event. That's normal operation procedure now that we live in an authoritarian police state. Did they also arrest the people standing next to him? They might have exhibited unacceptable facial expressions (facecrime).— trebordet- Comment removed.
- What is it with those in the hippie-revolutionary movement who grossly overexaggerate the state of our country, for effect, and the backward name spelling? Lol. TED ROBERT. Wow, you really dug deep in your 007 bag for that brilliant disinformation technique. The Government will NEVER send storm troopers to assassinate you, because they can't even SEE you! Way to go. While I agree that the Gov't is made up of mostly chimps, even a chimp can "decode" your crafty little "scramble". just pick anj alias already. — 215PhillySean
- Just hard to believe— dwilly
- Was he the pilot?— maldorer
- Let the legal thumping commence!— Tkat
- who packed his bags ,,he did or was it his wife trying to get rid of him— hardball
