Press Releases
November 12, 2019 | Local Press Release
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Florida resident was issued a summons by police on Saturday, November 9, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport caught him with two guns in his carry-on bag. The guns marked the…
November 7, 2019 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recognized the agency’s highest performers and teams of 2019 during its annual awards ceremony held at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport’s historic terminal on Thursday…
November 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced Thursday that it is prepared for an increase in travelers departing Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) in the days leading up to and immediately following the…
November 7, 2019 | Local Press Release
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded South Dakota residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another acceptable form of…
November 6, 2019 | Local Press Release
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today joined with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to update Oklahomans on the status of REAL ID in their state. Starting Oct. 1, 2020,…
November 6, 2019 | Local Press Release
TULSA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today joined with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to update Oklahomans on the status of REAL ID in their state. Starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers in all U.S. states will need a REAL ID…
November 6, 2019 | Local Press Release
ITHACA, NY – A Florida man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration this morning with a 9 mm handgun and a magazine loaded with seven bullets, at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport checkpoint. The TSA officer who was staffing the…
November 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk, Virginia, man was cited on state weapons charges by police at Norfolk International Airport this morning after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a .40 caliber handgun loaded with nine bullets,…
November 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
ASPEN and EAGLE, CO– The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “TSA Express to Hire” event on Wednesday, Nov. 13 to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Aspen Pitkin County…
November 5, 2019 | Local Press Release
ROANOKE, Va. – A California man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration this morning with a .38 special handgun loaded with three bullets, at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint. The TSA officer who was staffing the…
November 4, 2019 | Local Press Release
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint this morning.
At approximately 10 a.m., a loaded Kimber 9mm handgun was detected in a…
November 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, ME – A second gun has been caught by Transportation Security Administration officers in two days at Portland International Jetway. A Florida man was caught yesterday at the airport by a TSA officer who detected a 9 mm handgun loaded…
November 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, WV — West Virginia residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a gold star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is REAL ID-compliant or they will need another form of approved…
November 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
LATROBE, Pa. – An Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) on Thursday, October 31, when they detected a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. It…
November 1, 2019 | Local Press Release
PITTSBURGH – A Texas man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) security checkpoint yesterday, October 31, with a .40 caliber handgun loaded with 14 bullets, including one in the…
October 31, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, NJ — Someone had a crappy day at one of the Transportation Security Administration checkpoints yesterday at Newark Liberty International Airport when he didn’t watch his “Pees and Qs” and instead of rolling through the security process…
October 31, 2019 | Local Press Release
PORTLAND, ME – An Androscoggin County, Maine, woman was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with six bullets at Portland International Jetport on Wednesday, October 30, after Transportation Security Administration officers at the airport stopped her…
October 30, 2019 | Local Press Release
DAYTON, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Dayton International Airport (DAY) checkpoint this morning.
At approximately 5 a.m., a loaded Taurus .357 Magnum was detected in a passenger’s carry-on…
October 29, 2019 | Local Press Release
AVOCA, Pa. – A Florida man was stopped by a Transportation Security Administration officer when a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets was spotted in his carry-on bag at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on October 28. …
October 29, 2019 | Local Press Release
TAMPA - Transportation Security Administration officers working at Tampa Bay Area airports have detected abnormally high 15 firearms in passenger carry-on bags in October.
Through Oct. 28, Tampa International Airport officers detected 12 guns,…
October 28, 2019 | Local Press Release
STERLING, Va. – This month marks the one-year countdown until all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or other acceptable form of ID if they want to fly domestically starting October 2020.
Now is the perfect time for…
October 28, 2019 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – A Morris County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning, October 28, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport caught him trying to bring a .22 caliber handgun loaded with four…
October 23, 2019 | Local Press Release
ROANOKE, Va. – A Troutville, Virginia, man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration with a .380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets, at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint on Tuesday, October 22. The TSA officer…
October 22, 2019 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers caught a West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, man with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets at a Boston Logan International Airport checkpoint on Friday, October 18, marking the third gun caught so…
October 22, 2019 | Local Press Release
LINTHICUM, Md. – Transportation Security Administration officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) have now caught 26 guns at the airport’s checkpoints, tying the record set in 2017. With a little more than two…
