Georgia woman talks about charges stemming from airport security breach
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Posted 8:05AM on Friday 10th May 2002 ( 22 years ago )
MORELAND - A Coweta County woman said she had no idea she was breaking the law when she carried weapons into a secure airport area in Traverse City, Michigan. <br>
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Annette Bosnakovic told WSB-TV on Thursday that she was humiliated by the incident. Police said she tried to board a jet with three small knives, two box cutters, pepper spray and a half-pound rock. <br>
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It was her first time flying and she said she was unaware of increased security measures at the airport following the terrorist attacks on September 11th. <br>
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``I'm innocent. I'm not no terrorist. I'm not out here trying to kill nobody,'' Bosnakovic told WSB-TV. ``I went through Atlanta ... I put my baggage up there and I went straight through. I had no problem there.'' <br>
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She spent two days in jail in Michigan and was released on bond this week. <br>
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The Atlanta television station reported that Bosnakovic went to Michigan to see a man she had met on the Internet. <br>
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The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported that she passed through at least one checkpoint Tuesday at Cherry Capital Airport before screeners stopped her. She faces up to ten years in prison if convicted. <br>
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Bosnakovic told airport officials she had carried the items through security checkpoints at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. <br>
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Officials said the federal Transportation Security Administration will investigate that claim. The administration has been responsible for airline security since February 18th.
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