NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration. The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport. A TSA officer then conducted a pat-down on the East Stroudsburg man and determined there was something concealed in the groin area of his pants. When questioned further, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration. The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport. A TSA officer then conducted a pat-down on the East Stroudsburg man and determined there was something concealed in the groin area of his pants. When questioned further, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the...

Pennsylvania man caught with turtle in pants at Newark airport, officials say A Pennsylvania man tried to smuggle a turtle in his pants at Newark Airport in New Jersey on Friday, security officials say.The man set off an alarm while passing through a Transportation Security Administration body scanner.A pat down revealed he had wrapped the turtle, a red-eared slider, in a blue towel and hidden it in the front of his pants, officials said. Police escorted the man away, and the turtle was confiscated.Police said they would also contact fish...

A Pennsylvania man missed his flight after being caught with a live turtle in his pants while passing through security at a New Jersey airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The traveler set off alarms when he walked through the body scanner at Newark International Airport Friday, prompting TSA agents to conduct a pat-down. That’s when they realized there was something concealed near his groin. Officers asked the man what he was hiding — and he reached into his pants and withdrew a turtle wrapped in a towel. The...

A Pennsylvania man was caught with a turtle hidden in his pants at a Newark Liberty International Airport security checkpoint last week, authorities said. When the man walked through a scanner on March 7, it triggered an alarm in the area of his groin, and he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration, according to a statement from the agency A TSA officer patted the man down and felt something and asked the man if he had something hidden, the agency said. The man then reached down the front of his...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who was going through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration. The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport. A TSA officer then conducted a pat-down on the East Stroudsburg man and determined there was something concealed in the groin area of his pants. When questioned further, the man reached into his pants and pulled out the...

Transportation Security Administration agents at Newark Liberty International Airport discovered a passenger trying to sneak an unusual carry-on item onto his flight last week: a live turtle hidden in the front of his pants, according to the TSA. A Pennsylvania man traveling through the airport triggered an alarm when he walked through a body scanner on March 7, the TSA said, adding that the source of the trigger was “in the area of the man’s groin.” After a pat down, the man reached into the front of his pants and...

A Pennsylvania man was caught with a turtle hidden in his pants when the Transportation Security Administration body scanner triggered an alarm in the area of the man’s groin at Newark Liberty International Airport last week, the agency says. A TSA officer administered a pat-down of the area of the man’s body where the March 7 alarm was triggered, and in doing so, determined that there was something concealed in the area of the man’s groin. When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the man, a resident...

NEWARK -- A man from Pennsylvania was caught attempting to smuggle a turtle hidden in his pants when a body scanner at Newark Liberty International Airport triggered an alarm Friday, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson said. A TSA officer conducted a pat-down in the area where the alarm went off and discovered something hidden in the man's groin. When questioned, the man, from East Stroudsburg, reached into his pants and pulled out a live, 5-inch turtle wrapped in a small blue towel. The turtle was identified as a red-eared...