Pennsylvania man arrested after allegedly trying to bring explosives in his suitcase on flight

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

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A Pennsylvania man was arrested by federal agents after he allegedly tried to bring explosives in his suitcase on his flight. According to court documents, Marc Muffley checked his luggage on a flight bound for Orlando from Lehigh Valley International Airport and an alarm alerted that his baggage contained explosives. TSA agents paged Muffley over the airport intercom system and asked him to report to a security desk, prosecutors said, but he did not show up. A former Lansford, Pennsylvania police chief who authorities consulted before arresting Muffley said “there’s nothing that would light up and say, ‘Hey, this guy’s gonna try to bomb an aircraft.’” Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe tells Anderson Cooper what stands out to him about the items found in Muffley’s bag.

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0:00.0	Good evening and on that story.
0:02.2	You just heard Ern Bernat talking about we are breaking new details.
0:04.9	There's new information that our sources are telling your correspondence on this.
0:08.0	What we are learning about the man arrested on Monday, now charged with trying to bring
0:12.0	explosives aboard an alleged air flight from Lehigh Valley Airport in South Eastern Pennsylvania
0:17.1	to Sanford, Florida.
0:18.1	CNN 7 Press joins us now with the latest.
0:20.3	So, Evan, who is this guy?
0:21.7	Well, he's 40 years old.
0:23.6	His name is Matt Muffley.
0:27.1	And he was flying Anderson from the Lehigh Valley Airport, which is in Northeastern
0:32.1	Pennsylvania, on a flight to Orlando.
0:35.6	According to the FBI, he checked the bag and in the routine screening that was happening
0:41.9	by the TSA, they found explosives in this check bag.
0:48.5	According to the FBI, this is what they found.
0:51.0	They found powder that was in a plastic wrap.
0:54.7	They found fuses.
0:57.1	The powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks.
1:02.1	And so the question is, what was he doing with this?
1:05.6	The airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport.
1:10.6	He left.
1:11.6	And he was later arrested later that evening on Monday by the FBI.
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