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Knoxville Pinned in Airport Grenade Incident

Posted Jan 15th 2009 3:45PM by TMZ Staff

UPDATE: We've learned the "grenade" found in Knoxville's bag was the real deal -- but had no explosives. In other words, it was not a toy.

Only a jackass brings a grenade to an airport -- and cops say that's exactly what Johnny Knoxville did today.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Knoxville was detained this morning at LAX after security found a fake grenade in his carry-on bag. He was in terminal 4 (American Airlines) when a screener saw something suspicious.

Knoxville was detained, cited and released. We're told the citation was for carrying a "prohibited item" into an airport.

But check this -- Knoxville made his flight.

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16. Is this a Skit for Jackass 3?

Posted at 1:26PM on Jan 26th 2009 by TMZ Staff Are All Deuche Bags!!!

17. Johnny's not a jackass for bringing a grenade to the airport....he's a dumbass...

Posted at 5:09PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Fat Floridian

18. jackass...

Posted at 6:45PM on Jan 15th 2009 by ozzman

19. This guy has some serious issues. Grow up moron, know the difference between what is truly funny and what is retarded. You were lucky you weren't shot!! Wouldn't have been a bad idea!!

Posted at 7:38PM on Jan 15th 2009 by imjustsayin

20. publicity stunt anyone?

Posted at 9:50PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Jezzy

21. Hi, I'm Johnny Knowville, and this is blowing up a 747!

Posted at 10:18PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Michael

22. No Way should such a dumb A@% be allowed to fly.
What on earth is his explaination for this poor judgement...was he high on crack?

Posted at 10:54PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Tam

23. Hey Lauren. It wasn't real. It was a film prop. TMZ is reporting on TV that it was real. You can go to jackassworld.com right now! They have it hanging in the office. You can also read how it happened. Someone else put it there. Like I said. Sensitivity needs to end. Not because of 9/11, which was very tragic, but because so many feel like lying about it in tabloids. That's all TMZ is. Tabloid trash that don't get the facts. Just a bunch of lies. Lauren you stupid little girl. Learn to get your news straight from the source. Not a bunch of celebrity hounds looking for something funny to say.

Posted at 11:04PM on Jan 15th 2009 by Jacque

24. haha what a jackass!

Posted at 12:54AM on Jan 16th 2009 by dania

25. Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted at 1:33AM on Jan 16th 2009 by Whatever

26. Sometimes it is just lucky and good to be white.
Had that been someone who was brown, or generally not white, it would have been a completely different story, no getting off.
I have been taken to so many NYC police stations just for traveling in the subway with syringes. Luckily I got off since I am a doctor. But the law is not nice to minorities.

Posted at 3:16AM on Jan 16th 2009 by brown boy

27. Jackass , Jackass....lol

Posted at 7:27AM on Jan 16th 2009 by PudNut

28. What an idiot - he did it deliberately probably to get attention

Posted at 7:29AM on Jan 16th 2009 by kitsel

29. Someday this crackpot will go to far and end up with several holes in his body and blood pouring out or smashed on the pavement after being tossed from a tall building. I doubt the guy will live to see 40. Fine him a few million dollars and that might stop him from doing crap like this.

Posted at 8:23AM on Jan 16th 2009 by Lord Xenu

30. Ron White said it best:

You can't fix stupid.

How do morons like these land big $$ jobs?

If his brains were dynamite he couldn't even tip his hat.

Posted at 9:15AM on Jan 16th 2009 by DeadHead

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