"Comic" Arrested at SFO Security Checkpoint
Looks like he'll miss his gig with Seinfeld.... .. .________________________________________________. .. .Comic Kevin Meaney Arrested in Scuffle at SF Airport . .. .Mon Mar 4, 2:36 PM ET . .. .SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comic Kevin Meaney, who has appeared with Tom Hanks and numerous late night talk shows, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport Sunday after he allegedly grabbed the butt of a gun held by a National Guardsman, officials said. . .. . . .Meaney, 45, was taken into custody Sunday after security officials noticed he was filming an airport security checkpoint with a video camera -- which is banned by federal law. . .. ."He got rather belligerent, loud or rude," Sgt. Larry Ratti, an airport police spokesman, said Monday. "That's when the National Guard began talking to him." . .. .Ratti said that Meaney's wife then went through a security checkpoint, and set off its sensor, causing officials to ask her to submit to a secondary security screening. . .. ."She lifted up her blouse and showed her bra to the screeners, which got (Meaney) even more upset," Ratti said. "He got into a little jostling match with the National Guard, and at some point his hand came into contact with the butt of the gun." . .. .Ratti emphasized that there was no indication that Meaney was trying to "grab" the gun and described the scuffle as minor. . .. .Nevertheless, Meaney was booked into the San Mateo County Jail on a felony charge of attempting to take a firearm from a police officer, as well as two misdemeanor charges of battery and disturbing the peace. . .. .A spokeswoman for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said Meaney had been released on bail and was due to appear in court in South San Francisco on April 8. . .. .Meaney appeared with Tom Hanks in the 1988 film "Big", starred in the CBS sitcom "Uncle Buck" and has appeared on a number of late night television shows.