Kristoffer Blanks, a Jupiter, Florida pro golfer, was arrested Sunday after he was accused of attempting to carry a concealed gun onto an airplane, news sources report. Blanks, 40, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on charges of carrying a concealed firearm without a permit. He was later released after posting a $3,000 bail bond. The press did not specify a criminal defense lawyer for Blanks.
According to reports, Blanks is a professional PGA Tour golfer. Originally from Warner Robins, Georgia, Blanks has since moved to Jupiter. Reports say his professional tour with the PGA began in 2009. Sources say Blanks missed the cut in the Waste Management Phoenix Tour, which he entered this year, possibly due to a shoulder injury. However, Blanks notably ranked in the top 25 once during the Valero Texas Open tournament last year.
Reports say the incident occurred around 6:00 a.m. Sunday at the Palm Beach International Airport. Blanks was going through security on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina, when he put his bay onto a conveyor belt to be x-rayed. As Blanks' bag went through the x-ray, a Transportation Safety Administration agent noticed a handgun concealed inside.
A search of Blanks' bag revealed a .40-caliber Glock 27 with a loaded magazine holding eight rounds. Police seized Blanks' luggage and placed him under arrest. Blanks later told detectives that he had simply forgotten that the gun was in his bag; he had put it in the bag previously during a road trip one week before, reports say. Blanks did, however, reportedly admit that he did not have a permit to carry a concealed firearm. According to reports, this is the eighth time security has found a weapon in a passenger's bag at the airport this year.
In other news, Peggy Hill of Bradenton was arrested Saturday after a 911 call regarding a mangled fence turned into a police altercation, reports say. Hill, 62, was booked into the Manatee County Jail on a charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. A judge ordered that she be held in lieu of $5,000 bail. It is not yet known whether she has hired legal representation.
According to reports, Hill has a pending case against her for theft of livestock. This latest incident occurred Saturday evening after Hill's neighbor called police and said Hill had removed a piece of his fence. Officers responded to the scene and the neighbor showed them where the piece of fence had once been.
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