Military Training Device Turns Up at Fayetteville Airport

Police charged James Carter with trying to sneak the military trainingdevice on to a plane.

"The item was found at the security screen," said Fayetteville Police Capt. Tom Bergamine. "The folks out there at theairport were doing what they were supposed to be doing."

Carter has been in trouble with the law before. He was just one month shyof getting off federal probation for selling and distributing automaticweapons to an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.Agents said they did not know why Cater tried to bring the device onto theplane, or even how he got it.

"Fayetteville is a smaller community," said Airport Director BradleyWhited. "You don't think of these kinds of things but you just never know.So we're thankful that the security measures worked. We practice a lot.We're serious about it and it turned out well."

Experts said if the metal casing would have exploded, it would have hadabout the same impact as a handfull of fireworks.

"We certainly don't want to see these things at all. Period," Whited said."But it happened today and we're happy the results were positive."

Carter now faces federal charges. He is currently in Cumberland CountyJail on $50,000 secured bond.