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Man Arrested Taking Hatchet, Knife, Brass Knuckles Through Security at LGA

 Robert Ballard, of Kips Bay, was arrested by Port Authority Police on March 19, 2015, officials said.
Robert Ballard, of Kips Bay, was arrested by Port Authority Police on March 19, 2015, officials said.
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LAGUARDIA — A man armed with a hatchet, a folding knife and metal brass knuckles in his carry-on luggage was arrested on Thursday morning at LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority police said.

Screening officers detected the weapons inside Robert Ballard’s black bag as it was going through a checkpoint X-ray machine, officials said.

Ballard, 24, who lives in Kips Bay, was on an American Airline flight to Miami and his carry-on bag was his only piece of luggage, a Port Authority spokesman said.  

He was arrested inside Terminal B and charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

Information regarding Ballard's lawyer was not immediately available.