FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, PA — A West Virginia man has been charged after a firearm was found at a Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint on Thursday.
At 2:20 p.m., Transportation Security Administration officers noticed a handgun within a passenger's carry-on bag at the checkpoint and alerted Allegheny County Police.County Police.
The passenger, James Andrew Holiday, 27, of Glen Dale, did not possess a valid concealed carry permit. Holiday is charged with carrying a firearm without a license. The FBI also was notified.
People who bring firearms into an airport security checkpoint can face TSA civil penalties as high as $12,210 for a first offense and up to $17,062 for repeat offenders.
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