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Atlanta man stopped with gun and knife at Louisville airport

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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY - An airport spokeswoman said security screeners found a loaded handgun and a lock-blade knife in carryon luggage Friday at Louisville International Airport and police detained a man. <br> <br> Forty-three-year-old Russell Baldwin of Atlanta was arrested about 8:30 a.m. at the airport&#39;s main security checkpoint. <br> <br> A Louisville FBI spokesman, David Beyer, said an X-ray machine detected the weapons in a black carryon bag in Baldwin&#39;s possession. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Stephen Pence said there was no indication Baldwin was a terrorist. <br> <br> Baldwin was charged with attempting to carry a weapon or explosive onto an aircraft. He could face ten years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years&#39; supervised release if convicted. <br> <br> Pence said Baldwin had a ticket for Southwest Airlines Flight 554 from Louisville to Birmingham, Alabama. <br> <br> Pence said the gun was a 9mm Smith And Wesson. <br> <br> Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Christine Turneabe-Connelly said Baldwin checked another bag, which she believed to be golf clubs.
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