Posted on 05/06/2002 4:34:42 PM PDT by RCW2001
Monday, May 6, 2002
©2002 Associated Press
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/05/06/national1913EDT0743.DTL
(05-06) 16:13 PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) --
A man carried two loaded handguns through a security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Monday but was arrested after a random check before he boarded a flight to Los Angeles.
FBI special agent Julian Gonzales said the semiautomatic handguns were found in the man's backpack at the Continental Airlines gate.
The man, Carlos Stephens, 30, said he worked for No Limit Records and told investigators he needed the guns in his work, according to acting U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.
However, Roy Maughan Jr., a lawyer for No Limit, said Stephens is not employed by the company but, as an independent producer, has worked with No Limit.
Stephens was charged with attempting to carry weapons aboard an aircraft.
Stephens carried the guns through an X-ray security checkpoint run by St. Louis-based Huntleigh USA Corp., airport officials said. A call to Huntleigh was not immediately returned.
"I consider this a massive failure. Whoever is responsible is messing up terribly," Letten said.
©2002 Associated Press
HMMMM...........
The record lable of none other than of Snoop Dogg.
Body guard?
NO SH^T!
This is very important! (She might knit an Afghan)...
Maybe drugs were involved? Nahhhh....
Genres - RapStyles - Dirty South, Southern Rap
Instruments - Producer
Tones - Energetic, Harsh, Rousing, Thuggish, Aggressive, Exuberant, Carefree, Party/Celebratory
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After the No Limit army had risen to enormous heights and then just as suddenly found itself in need of reorganization at the end of the '90s, Master P proceeded to dismiss the ranks of his prolific production team, Beats by the Pound, with the sole exception of Carlos Stephens. Since first collaborating with Master P on his 1996 Ice Cream Man album, and also producing beats for future No Limit soldiers Kane & Abel and Skull Dugrey circa 1996, Stephens quickly found himself a member of the Beats by the Pound production squad, also including Mo B. Dick and KLC. For the next few years, Stephens played a major role in defining the omnipresent No Limit sound on countless albums to the point where his once trademark sound had become a bit trite and generic. The public began to take on his opinion around 1999, and by the beginning of 2000 Master P began seeking out a new production aesthetic, dismissing Mo B. Dick and KLC from their ranks and making Stephens his producer of choice. On high-profile tracks such as "Bout Dat" and "Back up off Me," Stephens retained his emphasis on hard-hitting drum machine beats — particularly 909-style bass kicks and shuddering, machine gun-like 808 high-hats — but began to integrate inventive synth lines somewhat in the spirit of Swizz Beats or Mannie Fresh in an attempt to re-define the No Limit sound. — Jason Birchmeier
An interesting fact:
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- ICTS International N.V.'s (ICTS) Huntleigh USA Corp. was asked by the Transportation Security Administration to take over some airport security locations now run by Argenbright Security Inc. ..............even after Sept. 11, the day hijackers passed through security at gates guarded by Argenbright in Newark, N.J., and Washington.
Source: Dow Jones via Nasdaq
Maybe Argenbright had other issues but this weapons on 9/11 myth annoys me.
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