Two out-of-towners were busted for trying to bring guns through security in separate incidents at LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning, a Port Authority spokesman said.
David Dean, 23, of Crowley, Texas, was returning to the Lone Star state around 5 a.m. when he was arrested at the Southwest Airlines ticket counter. Dean was in possession of a loaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol and two magazines containing 14 rounds each, officials said.
Then, at 7:30 a.m., Ashley Freeman, 52, of Kentwood, Mich., was heading to Florida when she was detained at the Delta Air Lines counter for having a Smith & Wesson revolver and five rounds of ammunition.
Both travelers had their arsenals in carry-on bags and raised red flags when they failed to pass routine security checks, the spokesman said. They have each been charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
Neither has permit to carry a firearm in the state of New York, according to the spokesman.
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