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Shanna Marie McLaughlin, 26, was charged with carrying a firearm in a place prohibited by law.
A Playboy Playmate and University of Central Florida alumna was arrested at Orlando International Airport on Monday, when police said she tried to board a plane while carrying a revolver in her bag.
Orlando police arrested Shanna Marie McLaughlin about 6:35 p.m. Monday, according to a police report. The arresting officer wrote that McLaughlin was headed to Los Angeles.
She put the duffel through an X-ray machine at a security checkpoint, the report states, and a Transportation Security Administration operator saw the gun and alerted police.
When confronted, police said the 26-year-old — Playboy's Miss July 2010 — claimed the bag was hers, and that the gun belonged to her boyfriend and she didn't know it was inside.
McLaughlin was jailed on a charge of carrying a firearm in a place prohibited by law. The gun, a .45-caliber Colt revolver loaded with six hollow-point bullets, was confiscated.
Police said McLaughlin does have a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon. She has since been released from jail, and could not be reached Tuesday night. A message to McLaughlin was not immediately returned Wednesday.
McLaughlin made national news last year, when she participated in a controversial photoshoot at her alma mater. The steamy shoot, featuring a scantily clad McLaughlin, took place in a UCF locker room.
The university later apologized for the shoot after a video of it was featured on the website of aXis Magazine, an Orlando entertainment publication.
She is also scheduled to be on the cover of this month's issue of aXis.
www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/os-playmate-arrested-handgun-oia-20110809,0,7662096.story
Shanna Marie McLaughlin, 26, was charged with carrying a firearm in a place prohibited by law.
A Playboy Playmate and University of Central Florida alumna was arrested at Orlando International Airport on Monday, when police said she tried to board a plane while carrying a revolver in her bag.
Orlando police arrested Shanna Marie McLaughlin about 6:35 p.m. Monday, according to a police report. The arresting officer wrote that McLaughlin was headed to Los Angeles.
She put the duffel through an X-ray machine at a security checkpoint, the report states, and a Transportation Security Administration operator saw the gun and alerted police.
When confronted, police said the 26-year-old — Playboy's Miss July 2010 — claimed the bag was hers, and that the gun belonged to her boyfriend and she didn't know it was inside.
McLaughlin was jailed on a charge of carrying a firearm in a place prohibited by law. The gun, a .45-caliber Colt revolver loaded with six hollow-point bullets, was confiscated.
Police said McLaughlin does have a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon. She has since been released from jail, and could not be reached Tuesday night. A message to McLaughlin was not immediately returned Wednesday.
McLaughlin made national news last year, when she participated in a controversial photoshoot at her alma mater. The steamy shoot, featuring a scantily clad McLaughlin, took place in a UCF locker room.
The university later apologized for the shoot after a video of it was featured on the website of aXis Magazine, an Orlando entertainment publication.
She is also scheduled to be on the cover of this month's issue of aXis.
