Man arrested at Newark airport with gun in bagGun was loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition that included one bullet that was chambered
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. — Authorities have arrested a man at Newark Liberty Airport after screeners noticed a loaded gun in his carry-on bag.
The Transportation Security Administration says its screeners saw the 9-millimeter Ruger in the man's luggage as it passed through an X-ray machine Thursday night.
Port Authority police were contacted and arrested 41-year-old Matthew Clark Vanpelt of Mt. Dora, Fla., at the security checkpoint. He was ticketed on a flight to Detroit.
A Port Authority spokesman says Vanpelt has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and released on his own recognizance.
A TSA spokeswoman says the gun was loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition that included one bullet that was chambered.
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