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Man ruled unfit to face LaGuardia bomb scare charges

Originally published: August 18, 2009 12:51 PM
Updated: August 18, 2009 9:43 PM
By DANIEL EDWARD ROSEN. Special to Newsday  

Passengers clog the roadways and parking lots at

Passengers clog the roadways and parking lots at LaGuardia Airport's main terminal after a bomb scare. (Photo by Charles Eckert / August 1, 2009)

The man accused of causing a security scare that shut down LaGuardia Airport is unfit for court proceedings and will be committed to a psychiatric facility, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Scott McGann, 32, appeared in State Supreme Court in Queens and remained silent and unresponsive when Judge James Griffin addressed him. He had been due for arraignment on three charges of placing a false bomb or...

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