According to Cam Inman of the Mercury News, San Francisco 49ers linebacker is being booked into the LAPD Pacific Division, which is just north of Los Angeles International Airport.

Smith was arrested earlier today at LAX after, according to witnesses, he became belligerent after going through security and mentioning that he had a bomb.

The following statement was released by the airport police.

At approximately 1400 hrs, a 25-year-old male resident of San Jose, California, was going through Terminal 1 screening and was randomly selected for a secondary screening. The suspect then became belligerent and uncooperative with the process and with the TSA agent, making a comment indicating that he was in possession of a bomb before proceeding towards the gate area. Los Angeles Airport Police made contact with him at the gate and he was positively identified as the person in question. Once again the male subject became uncooperative and he was detained and taken into custody by Airport Police and is currently being transported to LAPD for booking.

The 49ers later issued the following statement regarding the arrest.

"We are disappointed to learn of the incident today involving Aldon Smith. As this is a pending legal matter and we are still gathering the pertinent facts, we will have no further comment."

TMZ released the following amateur video of airport police arresting Smith.



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