Police: Alabama man thought Detroit airport scanner wouldn't find knife following earlier exam
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A man arrested after Detroit airport security agents found a knife concealed inside a shoe in his carry-on luggage told police he believed he wasn't breaking the law because the weapon had already passed Transportation Security Administration screening at an airport in Alabama.
The 38-year-old suspect's statement is contained in an airport police investigative report obtained by The Associated Press via a Freedom of Information Act request.
According to the report, a TSA screener says he discovered "an artfully concealed knife" in the lining of the shoe on July 6.
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The man told police the same knife, similarly concealed, had not been "discovered or confiscated by the TSA" July 3 at the Huntsville, Alabama, airport.
Prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller said Friday the suspect hasn't been charged.