[UnsinkableMollyBrown]

A janitor found the scissors in a women's bathroom between the metal detectors and the boarding area of Terminal B, Tebbetts said.

This sounds like a passenger got through the security gate with the scissors and then dumped them in the trash.

[NittanyLion]

This sounds like a passenger got through the security gate with the scissors and then dumped them in the trash.

Probably because they feared arrest if they turned the scissors in voluntarily (and not without good reason, I might add). I'd dump them anonymously as well, rather than go through the hassle of an interrogation over why I brought such a dangerous item through security.

[UnsinkableMollyBrown]

Doesn't anyone think that someone slipped those scissors through screening as a test? I'd be worried.