(Thanks for heads up, Jim!)
Three men were arrested in three separate incidents on Thursday for bringing weapons through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The men were scheduled for first appearances in a Clayton County courtroom Friday morning.
Richard Ronald Fusakio, 65, of Tennessee, was being held pending his first appearance Friday, according to Clayton County Jail records. Fusakio is a retired, decorated war hero, once held by Soviet Union forces as a mercenary, according to the Clayton News Daily.
Also arrested on the same charge was Atlanta attorney, Oscar Eugene Prioleau, Jr., 47, of Fairburn. Prioleau specializes in labor and employment law in downtown Atlanta.
On Thursday night, Damian Shaw, 39, of Atlanta, was arrested on the same charge.
Specific details surrounding the men's arrests were not immediately known.
These are the latest in a recent string of weapons charges at Hartsfield-Jackson.
In June, former Clayton County John Turner prosecutor was arrested after he said he forgot to remove a small handgun from a "fanny pack" he was wearing when he went to check in for a flight.
In July, two Georgians were arrested within a 20-minute period at the airport for allegedly carrying guns.
In August, Mickey "Memphitz" Wright, who costars with wife Toya Carter in BET's "Toya: A Family Affair," was charged with carrying a gun in his carry-on bag into Hartsfield-Jackson.
Wright told a judge, "I just wanted to say to you that I would never intentionally take a firearm to the airport. I just forgot that it was in my backpack."
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen said the TSA averages two gun confiscations a day across the country.
Local airport officials told Channel 2 Action News they've found 50 guns since January.
Civil penalties for carrying a firearm at an airport can range from $3,000 to $7,500 for a loaded weapon and $1,500 to $3,000 for an unloaded weapon.
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