Ohio man charged after blowing past security at airport with no ticket, bags

Kaylan Policherla had no ticket or baggage when he walked up to a passenger security gate Monday morning at Detroit Metro Airport - and just kept going.
"He just walked into the airport, past the individual who checks your boarding pass and ID and then walked through the passenger screening checkpoint without stopping," said airport spokesman Michael Conway said.
Conway and airport police said Policherla, 27, a native of India who became a U.S. citizen in 2005 and resides in Bryan, Ohio, ignored Transportation Security Administration officers at the McNamara Terminal who repeatedly told him to stop.
Police were notified and emergency procedures implemented immediately. Security gates closed around the area and authorities ordered other passengers in the area to leave the terminal immediately. Moments of fear and some panic ensued as dozens of people grabbed their belongings and fled the terminal to the parking structure across the way.
Police said they had to jolt Policherla with a Taser to gain control. He was taken into custody and charged this afternoon with entering an airport in violation of security requirements, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison.
08/02/10 Matt Helms/Timmy Stables Battaglia/Freep.com, USA

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