NBC10 report: NFL Player arrested at Philly Int’l Airport
Police say a football player with the New York Giants was arrested at the Philadelphia International Airport Saturday for carrying a switchblade inside his luggage.
Investigators say 27-year-old Dan Connor, a linebacker, was attempting to enter a terminal at the airport when he was arrested. A TSA officer first saw the knife on an x-ray machine and notified Philadelphia Police.
He was charged with possession of an offensive weapon.
Connor is from Wallingford, Pa. and graduated from Penn State University.
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