TSA Agent Arrested after Avoiding Screening in NJ

NEWARK, NJ (AP)  -- A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after she allegedly avoided pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.

Wanda Weems of Newark was detained Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston, authorities said. It was not immediately clear why she avoided the screenings.

Since neither Weems nor her luggage had been screened, the flight was delayed for more than an hour as each passenger was taken off the plane and screened again.

TSA officials said the agency will investigate the incident along with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport.