A soldier went AWOL from a Kentucky Army base and boarded a flight earlier this year with a gun while impersonating a law enforcement officer, federal prosecutors said.
Jaidan Higueros, 19, claimed to be transporting evidence from a criminal case on a Feb. 15 United Airlines flight from Chicago to Nashville, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
He is charged with carrying a weapon or explosive on an aircraft and false personation of an officer or employee of the United States.
Higueros, a private first class assigned to the 561st Military Police Company at Fort…
