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2 days ago
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Calling in a Fake Bomb Threat After He Missed His Spirit Airlines Flight at Detroit Airport
A man was arrested after he allegedly called in a fake bomb threat when he missed his Spirit Airlines flight from an airport in Detroit on June 5 Charles Robinson allegedly made the threat after he "was told at the gate that he needed to rebook," the United States Attorney's Office said "The safety of our guests and team members is our top priority," Spirit Airlines said in a statement to PEOPLEA man was arrested after he allegedly called in a fake bomb threat when he missed his Spirit Airlines flight. Charles Robinson planned to travel from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport to Los Angeles on Thursday, June 5, 'but missed the flight and was told at the gate that he needed to rebook," according to a news release from the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan. Robinson, 23, then allegedly proceeded to call Spirit Airlines at approximately 6:25 a.m. to report a threat, stating that he had 'information' about how there would "be someone who's gonna try to blow up the airport" and 'there's gonna be someone that's gonna try to blow up that flight, 2145," officials said. He allegedly also gave a description of an individual, telling Spirit Airlines, per the attorney's office, "They're going to be carrying a bomb through the TSA" and "They're still threatening to do it, they're still attempted to do it, they said it's not going to be able to be detected. Please don't let that flight board.' The district attorney's office said the flight was immediately postponed, and passengers and crew were subsequently deplaned. Bomb sniffing dogs and FBI agents were then 'deployed to sweep the airplane," but no 'bomb or explosives were found," according to the news release. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. When Robinson eventually returned to the airport to board another flight, he was detained, the district attorney's office said. He later appeared in federal court, where he was released on bond. His next court appearance is set for June 27. 'No American wants to hear the words 'bomb' and 'airplane' in the same sentence. Making this kind of threat undermines our collective sense of security and wastes valuable law enforcement resources,' U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon said in a statement. 'Anyone who threatens to bomb an aircraft and endanger public safety will be swiftly investigated and brought to justice,' added Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. The FBI continues to investigate the incident. Joci Moore, one of the passengers of the flight, recalled the harrowing incident to CBS News. She said the plane had begun to back away from the gate when the captain told them that they were 'being held up.' 'So something at the gate had happened,' she told the outlet. 'You could just kind of feel something was wrong, but we didn't really know what was wrong.' Moore added that passengers were left on the plane for three hours before they were then asked to exit the plane without their belongings. She said they were then taken back to the terminal and waited an additional two hours before they could board the plane again after it was inspected and cleared by police. In a statement to PEOPLE, a Spirt Airlines spokesperson said, "Law enforcement was requested to meet Spirit Airlines flight 2145 (DTW-LAX) prior to departure from Detroit (DTW) due to a potential security issue.' "The aircraft taxied to a remote location, and guests were safely deplaned and transported back to the terminal. The guests were rescreened, and the aircraft was inspected and cleared by law enforcement," they continued. Added the airline's spokesperson: "The safety of our guests and team members is our top priority, and the flight reboarded and departed to Los Angeles (LAX)." Read the original article on People
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
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Why NFL owners want football in the Olympics
Why NFL owners want football in the Olympics | Inside Coverage Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz, senior NFL reporter Charles Robinson and senior NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss the league's role in getting the sport into the Olympics and having NFL players eligible to compete in the summer games. Hear the full conversation on 'Inside Coverage' - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript We were having our production meeting, getting ready for the show, and we started talking about flag football. Advertisement And I, I guess I was shook because all I thought was, oh, flag football players must, uh, must think it'd be kind of cool to play in the Olympics. And you blew my mind because it's about so much more, like everything else in the world is about money. Follow the money. But it's about so much more than that, see, Rob. It blows my mind to think that the owners are sitting here thinking about globalization of a sport. NFL owners for years have been sitting and staring at India. China, countries with massive populations where the NFL, there's really nothing there for them. They're, they're an oddity at best. Advertisement No one plays the sport, they don't understand the sport, they don't know the players. So the way I kind of focused this was years ago, I spent some time with Jerry Jones, we were talking about China, about how to crack the, the market. He kind of approached it from two standpoints. One was sort of top down, where he's like, hey, we do it, you know, you do it the way you try to do it in Western Europe and the UK, you deliver them the NFL product, you go and you play some games there. You hope eventually that saturates enough of a fan base, and, and then you build it from there. It's a very much a top-down approach. Advertisement But he's like, to do that, you have to cultivate fans having rivalries with each other. You have to get fans in Shanghai and Beijing to, to identify with certain teams and then sort of have the friendly rivalries we do as fans in the United States. Then he said, there's a flip side of it. Maybe you just need to give them a reason to pick up a football. And he's like, and it's not so simple, but really, maybe that's the way you start. Just get them to pick up a football. I think the way the NFL looks at this is, OK, we go to the Olympics, it's a global stage, you know, all these other sports, hockey's had the Olympic stage, baseball's had the Olympic stage, basketball's had the Olympic stage, soccer's had the Olympic stage. Advertisement We've never had it. So maybe our way to crack China, to crack India, to get a football in the in the hands of fans, is to get some element of our game into the Olympic stage. And that's how we'll get a football in the hands of fans, and that's where we'll really start to plant seeds that will get people interested in football as a sport and then the NFL as the best expression of that sport.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Sport
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Post-draft QB Hates: Hurdles for Prescott, Sanders
Don't pencil in Shedeur Sanders to the Browns: Why it's hard to find a home for QB on day two of draft | NFL Draft Live Yahoo Sports' 'Draft Live' crew discusses Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders outlook for day two of the draft and Yahoo's Charles Robinson explains why it's hard to pencil Sanders in as a pick with the Cleveland Browns.
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07-05-2025
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Draft Dreams: Kyle McCord
Don't pencil in Shedeur Sanders to the Browns: Why it's hard to find a home for QB on day two of draft | NFL Draft Live Yahoo Sports' 'Draft Live' crew discusses Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders outlook for day two of the draft and Yahoo's Charles Robinson explains why it's hard to pencil Sanders in as a pick with the Cleveland Browns.
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24-04-2025
- Business
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NWA Council, University of Central Arkansas host roundtable on higher education's role in regional growth
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Northwest Arkansas Council and University of Central Arkansas hosted an educational roundtable at the Fayetteville Town Center on Wednesday, where panelists discussed how institutions of higher education are working to prepare students for the workforce. The panelists included Houston Davis, the president of the University of Central Arkansas, Charles Robinson, the chancellor of the University of Arkansas, and Dennis Rittle, the president of the NorthWest Arkansas Community College. This event was part of UCA's NWA Blitz, a way for UCA to strengthen its connection with Northwest Arkansas. Student athletes speak on impact of Arkansas' first sports officiator class 'The hope is that every student is placed when they leave high school, that they have a job or they have an enrollment in the higher ed program or they have an enlistment with the military,' Jennifer Morrow, Executive Director of Secondary Education at Bentonville Schools, who attended the event, said. 'We want them to be employed, enrolled or enlisted so that they have a smooth transition to their next step in life.' The panelists spoke on preparing students for a changing workforce, the Arkansas ACCESS Act, and how the public colleges and universities across the state can work together to improve higher education and meet the needs of communities across the state. 'These universities and colleges do work together on common priorities,' Davis said. 'And when it comes to things like economic development and community development, and lifting up families and opportunities for students, those are all things that we agree on. So, seeing that that's a common message and a common value that we share, that's the number one thing.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
