Suspicious Package at Miami Airport and Gun in Girl’s Purse in Denver
The
first week of this month highlights the ongoing airport security incidents that
can often close terminals and lead to arrests. The discovery of a suspicious
package at Miami International Airport September 2, brought out a bomb squad
and forced the evacuation and closing of four terminals for about 7 hours.
Tests eventually showed that the passenger, the suspicious metal canister in
his luggage, and his other belonging did not contain any hazardous biological
material or explosives. But a senior law enforcement official indicated that
the passenger who was detained in the incident, was a scientist who had once
been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague. He was acquitted of
the charges of transporting the potentially deadly germ in 2003. The scientist
cooperated fully September 2 after he arrived on a flight from the Middle East,
said the official, who requested anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to
release the information. Most of Miami International was shut down after a
Transportation Security Administration officer found what appeared to be a pipe
bomb in the scientist’s luggage.
A
man and his daughter both face charges after she had a gun in her purse when
she tried to get through security at Denver International Airport (DIA) in
Colorado. Investigators said a 44-year-old man gave his daughter, a juvenile, a
.22 caliber handgun for self protection. She forgot the loaded gun was in her
purse and the Transportation Security Administration found it when she went
through security at DIA. The two, who live in Aurora, were going to take a
Delta Airlines flight to Salt Lake City, Utah. The handgun had four live rounds
inside, according to police. He is charged with unlawfully providing or
permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun and contributing to the delinquency
of a minor. His daughter was charged with possession of a handgun by a
juvenile. The man was released on $10,000 bond and will appear in court
September 17. He was previously charged with having a handgun at DIA in 2005,
but he was acquitted in 2007.
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