Newark Airport Worker Arrested With Gun At Security Checkpoint: Feds

A TSA officer spotted a 9mm handgun in the man’s backpack at the checkpoint X-ray machine in Terminal C on Saturday. The gun was loaded with eight hollow-point bullets, authorities said. The TSA officer altered Port Authority police, who came to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun and arrested the man on weapons charges. “The man was employed by a company at the airport and his employee badge was confiscated at the time of the incident,” TSA officials said. “He is no longer employed at the airport.” The company and worker...