Police arrest man wearing armor, carrying pellet gun into airport

INDIANAPOLIS -- A man accused of trying to pass through airport security \nwearing body armor and carrying a pellet gun as he escorted his mother and cousin to their flight faces a disorderly conduct charge, airport officials said.\nCarlos M. Delay, 19, was arrested Sunday at the Indianapolis International Airport, according to an Airport Police Department report. Delay told officers he wore the vest and carried the gun in his waistband for security but forgot about them when he went to the airport.\nSecurity agents stopped Delay at about 6:30 p.m. as he tried to pass through screening.\nAirport police Chief Bill Reardon said Delay told police that he wanted to have some protection at the airport in case there were terrorist threats. Delay was charged with disorderly conduct for the commotion the incident caused, Reardon said.\nDelay's relatives' flight took off before authorities could interview them, according to the police report.\nDelay spent five hours in custody and an hour in a police lockup unit at the airport before being released.\n"I see now that what I did was wrong, but I don't think it was as big a thing as the police made it out to be," Delay said.