A federal judge sentenced a Lakeland man to prison after he brought a loaded gun into the Tampa International Airport last year. Abraham Othman Yacoub, 26, pleaded guilty to bringing a Glock in his bag. He arrived at the airport to board a flight to Las Vegas just before 8 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2023 but was arrested when TSA electronically screened his items and spotted the gun. While TSA agents were trying to locate the bag with the gun inside, Yacoub took his bag, went to the bathroom, wrapped the gun in toilet paper and put it in a trash can. After he got back from the bathroom, he lied to TSA agents and said he did not bring the gun into the airport. During the incident, passengers were evacuated, delaying numerous flights. Airport police officers searched the bathroom that Yacoub entered and found the gun with fourteen 9mm rounds of ammunition inside a magazine and inside the gun, according to a news release by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. He was arrested and indicted on two felony charges. He was charged with one count of violating airport security requirements and one count of attempted possession of a dangerous weapon on an aircraft. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/lakeland-man-sentenced-bringing-loaded-gun-tampa-airport/67-1d74a879-a4f5-48db-a114-6aadd57c90ad ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay