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FILE - This booking file photo released by Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office shows Lila Mae Bryan of Mesquite, Texas. The 82-year-old Texas woman was arrested and jailed for about two hours after she scuffled with a Kansas airport security officer who confiscated an oversized liquid from her carry-on bag, early Wednesday, May 31, 2017, authorities said. Wichita City Attorney Jennifer Magana said the case against Bryan was dismissed Friday, June 16 at the request of the security agent and she will not face charges. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP File)

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This booking photo released by Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office shows Lila Mae Bryan of Mesquite, Texas. The 82-year-old Texas woman was arrested and jailed for about two hours after she scuffled with a Kansas airport security officer who confiscated an oversized liquid from her carry-on bag, early Wednesday, May 31, 2017, authorities said. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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FILE - This Oct. 14, 2016, file booking photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Patrick Stein, the alleged leader of a militia group accused of plotting to bomb a apartment complex in western Kansas where Somali refugees lived. In a filing Monday, March 20, 2017, court-appointed attorneys for Stein have asked a court to let them withdraw from the case. The filing exposes rifts between Stein and his attorneys over how to defend the case. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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FILE - This Oct. 14, 2016 file booking photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Patrick Stein, the alleged leader of a militia group accused of plotting to bomb a apartment complex in western Kansas where Somali refugees lived. At a detention hearing Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, Klein's attorney said his client believed then President Barack Obama would declare martial law and not recognize the validity of the election if Donald Trump won - forcing militias to step in. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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This undated photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Armando Sotelo of Kansas. Sotelo and another man are scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, for their roles in a hate crime attack on three Somali men outside an African grocery store in Dodge City in June 2015. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office in Wichita, Kan., shows Omar Cantero Martinez, of Kansas. Martinez and one other man are scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, for their roles in a hate crime attack on three Somali men outside an African grocery store in Dodge City in June 2015. (Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via AP)