Knoxville detained for inert grenade at airport

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_...ohnny_knoxville

LOS ANGELES – Authorities detained Johnny Knoxville on Thursday for allegedly bringing an inert grenade into Los Angeles International Airport. After security screeners spotted the grenade in the "Jackass" star's carry-on luggage, a bomb squad determined it lacked a firing pin or explosive. Police say Knoxville was later released and allowed to board an American Airlines flight to Miami.

Prosecutors will decide whether to charge the 38-year-old with bringing a prohibited item into a secure area of the airport, a misdemeanor. An e-mail to Knoxville's publicist was not immediately returned.

Knoxville, whose real name is Philip John Clapp, told officers the grenade was a prop he forgot to remove from his bag, Airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said

The Clapp...

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Prosecutors will decide whether to charge the 38-year-old with bringing a prohibited item into a secure area of the airport, a misdemeanor. An e-mail to Knoxville's publicist was not immediately returned.

Knoxville, whose real name is Philip John Clapp, told officers the grenade was a prop he forgot to remove from his bag, Airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said

Knoxville should have had been handcuffed, tasered, maced, and been subjected to a cavity search. It's basically the same thing that happens on the typical Jackass episode anyway.

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Prosecutors will decide whether to charge the 38-year-old with bringing a prohibited item into a secure area of the airport, a misdemeanor. An e-mail to Knoxville's publicist was not immediately returned.

Knoxville, whose real name is Philip John Clapp, told officers the grenade was a prop he forgot to remove from his bag, Airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said

Knoxville should have had been handcuffed, tasered, maced, and been subjected to a cavity search. It's basically the same thing that happens on the typical Jackass episode anyway.

I hope that was the plan and he has a hidden camera for a new special he is doing...

[Jasman0717 9]

Idiot

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Idiot

NOOOOESSSSS... he's a YUMMY boy... mmmmmmmmm Johnny...

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Idiot

NOOOOESSSSS... he's a YUMMY boy... mmmmmmmmm Johnny...

you must have been an extra in "The Ringer"

[Jasman0717 9]

Idiot

NOOOOESSSSS... he's a YUMMY boy... mmmmmmmmm Johnny...

you must have been an extra in "The Ringer"

Ok, he was ok in MIB but some of the stuff he does just isn't entertaining

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Idiot

NOOOOESSSSS... he's a YUMMY boy... mmmmmmmmm Johnny...

you must have been an extra in "The Ringer"

Ok, he was ok in MIB but some of the stuff he does just isn't entertaining

I'm only commentating on his hotness.. not his antics or his acting skills (or lack thereof).. he can't help it if he's hottie mc hottie..

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Idiot

NOOOOESSSSS... he's a YUMMY boy... mmmmmmmmm Johnny...

Agreed. Johnny is yummy!

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It sounds like something he'd do - but there's jail time associated with disturbing the peace at an airport.

Perhaps he had that midget friend of his squirrelled away in one of his suitcases...

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sounds like a stupid mistake or a ploy for ' bad boy pr"

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sounds like a stupid mistake or a ploy for ' bad boy pr"

mmmm bad boy... yummy

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They got the Clap.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I wonder if getting the clap will end up becoming a stunt on jackass. Though its pretty mild next to jumping into a sewage ditch.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_...ohnny_knoxville

LOS ANGELES – Johnny Knoxville jokes that he was worried airport security brought out a bomb-sniffing dog because he was carrying one of his movies. It was a prop grenade, not "Daltry Calhoun" or "Walking Tall," that caused the concern and could lead to a misdemeanor charge.

Police at Los Angeles International Airport detained the "Jackass" star Thursday morning over the grenade, which they say lacked explosives or a firing pin. He was released in time to make his flight to Miami, where he blogged that a "wardrobe girl" put the prop in his luggage after a shoot.

He credited police and took responsibility for not checking his own bag, adding the zinger that when he saw the bomb squad, he hoped he "didn't bring any of my films in my backpack!"