Johnny Knoxville Detained At LAX With Inert Grenade

LOS ANGELES — Authorities detained Johnny Knoxville on Thursday for allegedly bringing an inert grenade into Los Angeles International Airport. After security screeners spotted the grenade in the "Jackass" star's carry-on luggage, a bomb squad determined it lacked a firing pin or explosive. Police say Knoxville was later released and allowed to board an American Airlines flight to Miami.

Prosecutors will decide whether to charge the 38-year-old with bringing a prohibited item into a secure area of the airport, a misdemeanor. An e-mail to Knoxville's publicist was not immediately returned.

Knoxville, whose real name is Philip John Clapp, told officers the grenade was a prop he forgot to remove from his bag, Airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said.

Comments

[mexamerican]

he ought to have had the inert explosive jammed right up his posterior for causing a problem and making everyone late.

[priusdriver]

heh... i saw on jackassworld knoxville wrote about it and posted a copy of the receipt the cops gave him... it's pretty funny

[marignymitch]

Knoxville apparently was in the wrong line when brains were passed out

[mexamerican]

in fact, i'm okay if they do the extraordinary rendition with him. some good ol' fashioned waterboarding might just do this wayward child some good.

[Rivermont]

It was inert as his career.

[Topfeeder]

This man made a career out of getting racked. Is America great or what?

[kottison]

I wonder what would have happened if it was a Muslim instead.

[Clavis]

"Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is 'Cavity Search'! WOO-HOO-HOOOOOO!!!"

[heavydrop]

It's over Johnny!!

[Rivermont]

Anything to get back in to the news.