Endangering Passengers with a Bible

Via Travel Notes, a pastor was arrested for telling a TSA security screeners that his bible was a bomb.

    A pastor says he was “just kidding” when he told airport security he had a bomb, reached into his luggage and pulled out a Bible, declaring, “This is my bomb.” Jose L. Gonzalez, a Spaniard living in Deltona, Fla., was arrested and charged Sunday with making a false statement.

    An investigation determined that Gonzalez did not pose a threat, but the FBI still arrested and charged him with making the statement.

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