Brass knuckles seized at Boston Logan leads to charges for Everett garbage man
A 24-year-old garbage man from Everett has been criminally charged after police said he brought brass knuckles he found on the job to Boston Logan International Airport.
The incident happened on Nov. 8, 2025, according to a state police report. Criminal charges against the Everett man — carrying a dangerous weapon at a TSA checkpoint — were filed in East Boston District Court on Feb. 2.
The man had tried to go through airport security at Terminal E at around 6:45 a.m. that day when TSA agents stopped him and troopers were called to the checkpoint, the report read.
The 24-year-old had brass knuckles with him at the security gate and told police "he works for a garbage disposal company and found it there," the report read.
He said "he did not know it was illegal and did not mean any harm with it," the report read. The trooper then told the man it was illegal to possess brass knuckles in the state of Massachusetts.
The man willingly surrendered the knuckles to the trooper and he was cleared to fly. However, TSA issued a prohibited item violation, the report read, and the man was charged out of East Boston District Court.
His arraignment is scheduled for March 11.
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