Police Arrest Man At Newark Liberty International Airport After TSA Finds Gun In Backpack

On the morning of November 1st, 2024, a man from Ridgewood, New Jersey, was arrested by local police officers at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) after officers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detected a handgun among the items in the man’s carry-on luggage. When the man’s blue backpack was placed through the X-ray machine in Terminal C at a TSA checkpoint at the airport, TSA officers detected the firearm, and the individual in question was immediately removed from the line.