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| Man Arrested at Miami International With Razor and Saw Blades Hidden in His Shoe |
| 2003-12-22 |
| A man was arrested Monday at Miami International Airport because he was carrying a razor blade and a hacksaw blade in his shoe, police said. Hummm? David McIntyre, who was traveling with his wife and children, told authorities he forgot the blades were in his shoe, said police Detective Joey Giordano. You forgot? So you normally walk around with sharp objects in your shoes, because...?? Police didn’t know why he had the blades in his shoe. "Beats the hell out of me" Alarms sounded when McIntyre tried to pass through a metal detector, and security screeners asked him to remove his shoes and found the blades, officials said. Damm, they are awake. And the scanners must be set on high. McIntyre, 38, of West Chester, Pa., was charged with carrying a concealed weapon. It’ll do for now. Officials said they didn’t believe the arrest had anything to do with stepped-up law enforcement presence in the airport for the holidays or the Department of Homeland Security’s increase in the national threat level. I’d like to hope they would have gotten him without the increase. With the kind of traffic you’d get through Miami, maybe they would have. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 So now we'll have press conferences by "community leaders" threatening the US Govt not to profile the Nittany types, too? Sheesh, this is getting complicated... |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-22 10:52:33 PM |
| #5 Yeah, doc, maybe he borrowed a pair of Robert Wadlow's shoes. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2003-12-22 2:54:41 PM |
| #4 My guess is that he was thinking "Alright, got my razor hidden so I can slip through security. And even if I get caught, I'll bring along a hacksaw blade so I can escape from jail..." |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2003-12-22 2:50:01 PM |
| #3 A hacksaw blade? What size shoe, 17's? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-22 1:13:23 PM |
| #2 He thinks he's Leroy Brown: He got a .44 gun in his pocket for fun He got a razor in his shoe |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-12-22 1:04:55 PM |
| #1 This incident doesn't really mean anything. After 2001, the chances of someone actually succeeding in hijacking a flight with razor and/or hacksaw blades are slim to none. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-22 12:49:44 PM |