Man With Gun Arrested at Airport Checkpoint
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From Times Wire Reports
A systems analyst with the federal penitentiary in Lompoc was arrested after Santa Barbara Municipal Airport security guards allegedly discovered a handgun in his coat pocket.
Jordan Hollingsworth, 40, was preparing to board a plane to New York on Sunday when the airport X-ray machine detected a .25-caliber pistol, authorities said.
Police arrested Hollingsworth and released him. They will recommend the district attorney file charges of carrying a concealed weapon, documents indicate.
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