Who is Mark Muffley, man in FBI custody after TSA found explosive device in his bag at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Pennsylvania?
Natalie Ross
Published Jan 21, 2026
Mark Muffley has been charged after a hazardous was tracked down in his baggage at Pennsylvania air terminal
The 40-year-old was captured at his home in Lansford on Monday night
His conceivable reason and detainment hearings are booked for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Allentown
Mark Muffley has been charged after a touchy gadget was found in his baggage at Lehigh Valley Worldwide Air terminal, Pennsylvania, court reports said. He was going to Florida.
Muffley has been accused of ownership of an unstable gadget in an air terminal, or endeavoring to put, or endeavored to have put a dangerous or combustible gadget on an airplane. His gear was being stacked onto an Allegiant flight.
Who is Mark Muffley? Mark Muffley, according to reports, is 40 years of age. He is from Lansford, Pennsylvania and was making a trip to Florida on Monday.
The 40-year-old apparently checked in at the Allegiant carrier work area at the air terminal soon after 10:45 am on February 27, 2023. Muffley had booked a trip to Orlando Sanford Global Air terminal in Florida.
At around 11:40 am, an alert went off when TSA screened Muffley’s stuff which showed it contained dubious things. It found a roundabout compound, around three creeps in breadth, enveloped by wax-like paper and clear saran wrap covered in the stuff, as per the objection. The prompt region of the air terminal was cleared following TSA informing Lehigh Northampton Air terminal Power Police Division and FBI.
BREAKING: The FBI says this man packed an explosive device in his checked suitcase on a flight from Pennsylvania to Florida. TSA found it during screening. The device had multiple fuses, explosive powder, batteries, and power outlets. It was concealed in the lining of the bag.
— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) March 1, 2023
FBI specialists including a bomb expert discovered that it contained a granular kind of powder, a “combine” to light explosives, which closed was hazardous.
The air terminal then, at that point, requested Muffley, mentioning him to answer to the security work area. The cameras caught him leaving the air terminal through the lower-level exit around 11:45 am, examiners said.
The FBI arrived at Carbon District Head of Investigators and previous Lansford Police Boss Jack Soberick, who knew Muffley by and by. The 40-year-old was captured at his home in Lansford on Monday night.
He is accused of ownership of an unstable in an air terminal and having, or endeavoring to put, or endeavoring to have set, a dangerous or combustible gadget on an airplane. His reasonable justification and confinement hearings are planned for Thursday at 1:30 pm in Allentown.