Press Releases
June 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the highest passenger volumes the agency has seen at airport…
June 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA – A Middletown, Pa., man was cited by police yesterday (June 9) at Philadelphia International Airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected an antique revolver among the man’s carry-on items at one of the…
June 10, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted two firearms at the Richmond International Airport checkpoints this past weekend, bringing the total number caught at Richmond so far this year to 18, which exceeds…
June 7, 2024 | Local Press Release
DES MOINES – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) Wednesday.
This is the eighth firearm detected at a DSM checkpoint this year.…
June 6, 2024 | Local Press Release
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have already intercepted 62 firearms at the security checkpoints across Alabama this year, with 14 of them at Huntsville International Airport (HSV) and three of those in three consecutive days…
June 6, 2024 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Do you have a star on your Pennsylvania driver’s license? If not, there’s still time to get your REAL ID-compliant driver’s license with that star on it. But it’s better to get it sooner, rather than later.
Pennsylvania…
June 5, 2024 | Local Press Release
DALLAS – In a ten-day period ranging from May 26 to June 4, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Dallas Love Field Airport intercepted ten firearms in traveler’s carry-on items.
The handguns were caught as the travelers entered…
June 5, 2024 | Local Press Release
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have already intercepted 62 firearms at the security checkpoints across Alabama this year, with 41 of them at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM.).
If you are going to travel…
June 4, 2024 | Local Press Release
RENO, Nevada - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for high passenger volumes throughout the summer at airports nationwide including Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO). TSA projects it will screen a record number of…
June 3, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Richmond, Va., resident was cited by police for carrying a loaded gun to the Richmond International Airport Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint on Friday, May 31, one day after a…
June 3, 2024 | Local Press Release
ERIE, Pa. – An Edinboro, Pa., man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field early this morning (June 3), with a loaded firearm among his carry-on items. The .38 caliber handgun…
May 31, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Glen Allen, Va., man was cited by police on Thursday, May 30, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport intercepted a gun among the traveler’s carry-on items. The .380 caliber…
May 31, 2024 | Local Press Release
AVOCA, Pa.– Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport intercepted a loaded .40 caliber handgun along with a total of 20 bullets in two gun magazines at the airport checkpoint yesterday,…
May 31, 2024 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – A Prince George’s County, Md., man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers intercepted a loaded firearm among the man’s carry-on items at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday, May…
May 31, 2024 | Local Press Release
EVERETT, Washington - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle Paine Field International Airport (PAE) intercepted two loaded firearms this week during routine X-ray screening of travelers carry-on luggage at the…
May 31, 2024 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Willow Wood, Ohio, woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at West Virginia International Yeager Airport today (May 31), with a loaded firearm among her carry-on items. The 9mm handgun was…
May 30, 2024 | Local Press Release
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for the highest passenger volumes the agency has seen at airport…
May 30, 2024 | Local Press Release
PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Marc Muffley, 41, of Landsford, PA, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 3 years supervised release by United States District Court Judge John M. Gallagher for…
May 29, 2024 | Local Press Release
SEATTLE - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) found three loaded firearms and an inert grenade Tuesday during routine screening at the airport’s security checkpoints.
The…
May 28, 2024 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md.-- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport intercepted a loaded handgun on Sunday, May 26, that was in possession of a retail shop employee who works at the…
May 28, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va. – A Henrico, Va., man was cited by police on Saturday, May 25, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport intercepted a gun among the traveler’s carry-on items. The .380 caliber…
May 28, 2024 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Norfolk International Airport prevented a California man from bringing his loaded handgun onto a flight on Friday, May 24. The .45 caliber handgun was loaded with seven bullets…
May 28, 2024 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport intercepted two firearms in two days last week, on what were two of…
Local man arrested by police after TSA intercepts loaded gun at Newark Liberty International Airport
NEWARK, N.J. – A Newark, N.J., man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Newark Liberty International Airport intercepted a loaded handgun among the traveler’s carry-on items on Saturday, May 25…
May 24, 2024 | Local Press Release
RICHMOND, Va., -- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport set a record for the most individuals screened at the airport’s two security checkpoints in a single day, yesterday, Thursday, May 23.
The TSA…
