By Forum Staff
A Connecticut man never got the chance to connect to his holiday weekend flight on Friday thanks to LaGuardia Airport Transportation Safety Administration officers who caught him toting an unloaded handgun in his carry-on bag.
The officers detected the gun as the New Town man entered the TSA checkpoint and placed his carry-on items on the X-ray conveyor belt. TSA officials then contacted Port Authority Police who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the pistol, and arrested the man on weapons charges.
According to the agency, Friday’s catch marked the second time this year that a traveler has been arrested for bringing a gun to a LaGuardia Airport checkpoint. Two guns were detected at the airport’s checkpoints in all of 2016.
