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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man who called a talk radio show and said he boarded an airplane with a knife concealed in his belt was arrested after his plane landed in Columbus.
Robert Hedrick, 37, of nearby Delaware, Ohio, was charged Wednesday with a third-degree felony of carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft, according to court documents.
Hedrick called a Columbus talk show and said he inadvertently boarded a US Airways flight in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a 3-inch knife hidden in his belt, said Angie Neal, a spokeswoman at Port Columbus International Airport. A listener notified authorities, she said.
Hedrick's flight had a layover in Pittsburgh, but he did not have to pass through security there, Neal said.
Hedrick called the show -- on Columbus radio station WTVN -- from the Pittsburgh airport and again from the plane after it touched down in Columbus, program director Steve Konrad said Thursday. He said there was nothing sinister about the call.
"We had no idea there was anything other than surprise and dismay on his part," Konrad said. "He wasn't bragging like all those bozos are saying."
Police at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro declined to comment.
Hedrik was held at the Franklin County jail and was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
A woman who answered the phone at Hedrick's home Wednesday night identified herself as his wife and said she knew nothing of his arrest.
"Excuse me? Are you for real?" she told the Columbus Dispatch. "My husband called a radio station? That makes no sense."
She declined to say much more, but confirmed that he was on a flight Wednesday.
John Bronson, a spokesman for Arlington, Virginia-based US Airways, said the airline was aware of the arrest but any details would have to be obtained from police.
"We take such incidents very seriously and we are working with the local and federal authorities in their investigations to determine the motivation of this individual," Bronson said.
Originally posted by Runs With Scissors
Good Gawd man, when is the madness going to end??
Granted the guy did something pretty damn stupid calling the radio show for whatever reason, But it seems like the common man keeps getting made an example of, while the real badguys are sitting on thier asses laughing about it all. Maybe it's a misguided attempt to reassure the public that they are cozy, warm, and secure?
Personally, I'd feel better seeing them lay off us common folks and spend more time investigating those with truly malicious intent.
And I can't resist adding my own airport story (another one besides the tired old Leatherman smuggling incident)
about 70% of my family, and friends of my family are in aviation flight or maintenance. My brother is an A&P mechanic at the airport here, and my father just retired in July of this year.
Anyways, alot of them are pretty annoyed right now with the regulations they are dealing with.
Now the MECHANICS are no longer allowed to have a pocket knife of any sort. If they want to carry a simple multi-tool they have to break or grind the blades off. If they go out to repair a plane, they have to take a wild guess at what tools they will need, bag them all up and have them inspected and TRANSPORTED to the plane by the cops. While they are working on the planes they either have all passengers leave the plane, or they have to be watched by the airport cops during the entire repair.
I'm not saying the cops are stupid or anything here, but they are COPS, not mechanics! The same mechanics that declare the plane safe for flight can't be trusted with a pocket knife?? Somehow I just don't think the cops undergo any training regarding whether or not a plane is mechanically sound.
It just seems like a prime example of the forementioned misdirected manpower. Incidentally, they say the cops aren't exactly thrilled with the arrangement either.
I've been at the forums for about two years now (spent ALOT of time lurking) And I've seen alot of the posts about the rights of knife carriers, and how we're losing those rights, soon we won't be able to carry one, etc. and quickly dismissed the posts. I pretty much thought to myself "wow...a nice buncha guys, but just a touch paranoid" I never thought politics could become so twisted as to deny the right to carry a common tool. Guess I know better now. Thinkin' it's time for me to write some more letters and join AKTI before things get any worse.
Sorry if I rambled!![]()