Flight attendant arrested with inactive grenade
A Northwest Airlines flight attendant faces charges after security officers found a real - but inactive - hand grenade in her carry-on luggage at Mitchell International Airport, officials said Wednesday.
The Sun Herald reports that the flight attendant, a 39-year-old woman from Cordova, Tenn., was scheduled to work on a Milwaukee-to-Detroit flight Tuesday morning when federal Transportation Security Administration officers detected an inert grenade in her baggage, said Kim Brooks, a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County sheriff’s office. They called sheriff’s deputies, who arrested her about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Brooks said.
She told deputies that she bought the grenade at an Army surplus store as a present for her son, Brooks said.
The flight attendant, whose name was not released, posted cash bail and is scheduled to appear in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday, Brooks said. She could be charged with disorderly conduct and also could face a federal fine of up to $1,500, said Brooks and TSA spokeswoman Lara Uselding.
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