A man accused of trying to take a fake bomb through a security checkpoint at Kansas City International Airport on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks has a history of mental illness and recently quit taking his medications. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Anthony Falco Jr., 47, shook his head in disagreement repeatedly Monday as U.S. Magistrate Judge John Maughmer read an FBI agent’s affidavit outlining actions that led to a two-count federal complaint.
Falco, whose last known address is East Petersburg, Pa., mumbled the word “lies” at one point, prompting a court attendant to ask him to remain silent while the judge spoke.
Falco is charged with making false statements to federal agents and trying to bring items simulating an explosive device through security, then making statements that led agents to believe it was a bomb. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison on each count.
Prosecutors say security screeners at the airport discovered suspicious items in a carry-on bag as it went through the X-ray machine. Among the items were a laptop computer and severally individually wrapped packages investigators said were “over-taped,” which often is the case with homemade bombs.
Falco told officers that he did not give permission to open the packages, which investigators believed contained components for making a bomb. Police brought in a bomb-sniffing dog to sweep the packages.
“During the K-9 sweep … Falco began to chant Bible verses and began to appear to pray, saying, ‘Father God America is going to go down,'” the judge read. “He continued to say words similar to, “You guys are going to be sorry if you open those packages.”
When Maughmer finished reading, Falco told the judge the affidavit was wrong.
“That’s totally absurd,” Falco said. “I never made any statements. I love this country.”
Maughmer interrupted and told Falco — who appeared in knee-length shorts, a white T-shirt and tennis shoes that had the laces removed — that the hearing wasn’t the place for him to make such statements.
Falco did not yet have a lawyer. The U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City said his last known address is East Petersburg, Pa.
The affidavit says Falco’s mother, Bea Whitehead, told members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force that her son previously received psychiatric treatment in New York.
James Whitehead, reached at a phone number attached to a home previously listed as an address for Falco, said he had been advised not to talk to reporters.

AP