Bulgarian Is Charged in Concealed Weapon Case
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Federal charges were filed against a Bulgarian student who allegedly tried to pass through airport security in Atlantic City with a pair of scissors and two box cutters, the FBI said.
The man apparently had no ties to terrorism, a U.S. official said.
Nikolay Volodiev Dzhonev, 21, was charged with attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed weapon, a felony, the FBI said.
He was being held on $100,000 bail, but the FBI said he would probably be released on his own recognizance.
Dzhonev was arrested Sunday as he was about to board a flight to Myrtle Beach, S.C.
A search of his backpack turned up scissors embedded in a bar of soap, and the box cutters in a lotion bottle, said Robert Johnson, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration.
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