US Airways Passenger Allegedly Carried Knife

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January 24, 2002 3:59 pm EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - A 37-year-old man who allegedly got through
security and onto a US Airways flight with a knife on his belt buckle was
ordered held on $500,000 bond on Thursday.FBI agents arrested Robert Hedrick
of Delaware, Ohio, after he arrived at Port Columbus Airport on Wednesday
evening en route from Greensboro, North Carolina. He was charged with
carrying a concealed weapon aboard an aircraft.Officials were alerted after
Hedrick allegedly called radio station WTVN in Columbus during a layover in
Pittsburgh and said he discovered that he had passed through security in
Greensboro with a three-inch knife attached to his belt buckle.A listener
called police and agents were waiting when the plane landed.Hedrick appeared
in Columbus Municipal Court on Thursday where his bond was set at $500,000.
He was returned to jail pending a future court appearance.Passengers aboard
the flight were told after it landed that there had been a security problem
and that they were not in danger.All male passengers were removed from the
plane first and taken to a detainment area where Hedrick was arrested.




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