Jason, I looked all over the place last night and couldn't find a link. AL.com would be a lot more useful with a 'search' function.
Luckily they ran a follow up article today. bill evans Hartselle, AL [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------- http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_stand ard.xsl?/base/news/10053009232845636.xml Man charged with trying to take gun aboard plane 11/09/01 VAL WALTON News staff writer A doctor accused of trying to carry a hidden gun and two knives aboard an airplane at Birmingham International Airport surrendered to authorities Thursday to face a federal weapons charge. The U.S. attorney's office in Birmingham charged 46-year-old Richard D. Price with attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed weapon. The charge carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Price also faces state misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon and violating the state firearms act. Price's Oct. 25 arrest came as airports and airlines heightened security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Price appeared before a magistrate Thursday afternoon with his attorney, Richard Jaffe, before being released on a $500 unsecured bond. The magistrate gave Price a general order not to possess any weapons while out on bond and also ordered Price to undergo mental health treatment. Court papers said Price acknowledged when questioned that he attempted to board the plane with the weapons because he did not believe that the airline had provided adequate security. In an interview with The Birmingham News, Price, who has been dismissed from his medical resident's position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said that when he ordered his ticket to Seattle from Delta Airlines by phone, he asked what guarantee there was for his and other passengers' safety. He said the answer did not satisfy his concerns. Jaffe described Price as well-meaning. "The U.S. attorney has no choice but to take all these cases seriously and I'm glad they are," Jaffe said. "I think in the end when all of the information surfaces, I think that Dr. Price's true well-meaning intentions will be clear and apparent." Price checked in at the ticket counter and attempted to pass through the security checkpoint to the gate area, when security detected the outline of a handgun in his carry-on bag through an X-ray image, according to an affidavit prepared by FBI special agent Mark Sawyer . Birmingham police asked Price where the gun was and Price directed officers to a package wrapped like a Christmas gift, according to the affidavit. Inside was a peanut can that held a loaded .22-caliber gun wrapped inside two $20 bills, placed inside a clear plastic bag and covered with peanuts, court papers said. Authorities said Price also told police there was a switchblade knife in the shaving kit that was wrapped in foil, apparently to blend in with medical instruments found nearby within the bag. Security also found that the cane Price used contained a steel 18-inch sword. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. To unsubscribe from this list just send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the single word "UNSUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the body or visit http://www.RollTideFan.net
