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Man arrested at airport with stun gun, blade Published on Thursday, May 20, 2010 Email To Friend    Print Version WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US authorities have a arrested a man trying to board a flight in Puerto Rico armed with a small arsenal of weapons, including a stun gun, pepper spray canister, box cutters and a switch blade, officials said on Wednesday. Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, US Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, said in a statement that airport authorities detained Jose Pol as he went through a security check before boarding a Jet Blue flight from Carolina, Puerto Rico en route to Boston. "The defendant was carrying two pieces of luggage, one containing a laptop and the other containing items which could be used to threaten, incapacitate, harm, injure or cause the death of the security personnel on board the aircraft, and/or endanger the lives of the crew members and passengers on board the flight," according to the statement released by the US Justice Department. Officials said Pol, who was taken into custody by FBI agents, faces up to ten years in prison if convicted of the charges. Authorities said a detention and bail hearing in the case has been set for Friday.   Reads : 107 Back... Comments: No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment. Back... Send us your comments!   Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum or as a Letter to the Editor. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content. We will in special circumstances protect a writer's identity only after we have established good cause for anonymity, otherwise we will not be able to publish the submission. For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it! Your Name: Your Email: (Validation required) Comments: Enter Validation Code *