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The following is an example of over 400 mentions of the arrest incident in the media and on the Internet. The FBI, who had jurisdiction, said it was supposed to be a behind-the-scene investigation. The Maryland Transportation Authority Police thought otherwise.
Man Charged With E-Mailing Threats To Airport POSTED: 6:41 pm EDT October 11, 2006
UPDATED: 7:27 pm EDT October 11, 2006
LINTHICUM, Md. -- A Woodlawn area man was charged Wednesday with e-mailing two bomb threats to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, police said.
No one was evacuated from the airport, and no flights were delayed as a result of the threat, they said.
According to Maryland Transportation Authority police, George F. Spicka, 59, sent two threatening e-mails to airport officials around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. He tried to conceal his identity by using an anonymous remailer and called himself George Orwell.
Police identified Spicka with the help of a computer investigation and he was arrested early Wednesday afternoon at his home, said Cpl. Jonathan Green, a transportation authority police spokesman.
The threat did not specify a date or time, said Green, who added that police and airport officials "followed standard protocols" in deciding not to alter business as usual at BWI.
Spicka faces charges including telephone misuse, making false statements and interfering with security procedures.
Federal prosecutors will examine the case to decide if federal charges are warranted, police said.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
UPDATED: 7:27 pm EDT October 11, 2006
LINTHICUM, Md. -- A Woodlawn area man was charged Wednesday with e-mailing two bomb threats to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, police said.
No one was evacuated from the airport, and no flights were delayed as a result of the threat, they said.
According to Maryland Transportation Authority police, George F. Spicka, 59, sent two threatening e-mails to airport officials around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. He tried to conceal his identity by using an anonymous remailer and called himself George Orwell.
Police identified Spicka with the help of a computer investigation and he was arrested early Wednesday afternoon at his home, said Cpl. Jonathan Green, a transportation authority police spokesman.
The threat did not specify a date or time, said Green, who added that police and airport officials "followed standard protocols" in deciding not to alter business as usual at BWI.
Spicka faces charges including telephone misuse, making false statements and interfering with security procedures.
Federal prosecutors will examine the case to decide if federal charges are warranted, police said.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.