{"id":18974,"date":"2025-10-29T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18974\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T19:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T19:27:08","slug":"gun-found-in-bag-at-pittsburgh-airport-latrobe-man-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/18974\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun found in bag at Pittsburgh airport, Latrobe man charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police: Latrobe man charged after gun found in carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFOR THAT GRAND OPENING TO HAPPEN. DAN RUBY AND SIMON LOFT SAY THE NEXT TIME THEY FLY, THEY WILL BE USING THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL. THEY CAN\u2019T WAIT TO SEE AND USE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I\u2019VE HEARD THAT THE SPACE IS MUCH CALMER AND AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE MORE ARTISTIC ALMOST. SO I\u2019M EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND JUST GETTING THE CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH THE WHOLE PART THAT\u2019S BEEN CORDONED OFF. LIKE I\u2019M READY TO SEE WHAT THEY\u2019VE BEEN DOING BACK THERE. THIS IS WHAT THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL LOOKS LIKE. TOMORROW, 2500 PEOPLE WILL USE IT FOR THE FINAL TEST RUN BEFORE THE GRAND OPENING. RIGHT NOW, THE NEW TERMINAL LOOKS LIKE IT\u2019S READY FOR TRAVELERS. BUT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY IS USING THE TEST RUN TO MAKE SURE ALL PARTS CAN WITHSTAND THE STRESS OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC. PEOPLE WILL BE COMING IN. THEY\u2019LL BE ASSIGNED CERTAIN AIRLINES. SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE CHECKING IN AMERICAN BREEZE, DELTA SPIRIT OVER HERE, PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH SOUTHWEST, UNITED, JETBLUE, AND THEN PASSENGERS WILL ACCESS AN UPGRADED TSA CHECKPOINT. IT FEATURES 12 LANES AND SCANNING MACHINES THAT LOOK LIKE JET ENGINES. THEY\u2019RE EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST SCANNING TECHNOLOGY. PASSENGERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY LIQUIDS AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE OFF SHOES. TEST RUN VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AS IF THEY ARE ON ARRIVING FLIGHTS. THAT MEANS THEY WILL WALK TOWARDS BAGGAGE CLAIM THAT WILL ALSO BE IN OPERATION. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN BAGS. THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH JUST LIKE THEY WOULD ON A NORMAL DAY, AND THEN THEY\u2019LL COME TO THE ARRIVAL SECTION AND THEY\u2019LL CLAIM THEIR BAGS DOWN IN BAGGAGE CLAIM. THIS TEST RUN TOMORROW WILL DETERMINE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE BEFORE THE ACTUAL GRAND OPENING. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT PITT\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police: Latrobe man charged after gun found in carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761766027_146_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:58 PM EDT Oct 29, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Westmoreland County man is facing a misdemeanor charge after a gun was found at the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, police said.Allegheny County Police said the handgun was in a passenger&#8217;s carry-on bag at the main checkpoint. TSA officers found the gun just before 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.Police said John Frye, 51, of Latrobe is facing a charge of carrying a firearm without a license.&#8221;Passengers who bring firearms into an airport security checkpoint can face federal civil fines from the Transportation Security Administration up to $10,000. Repeat offenders can be fined up to $13,910,&#8221; county police said in a statement.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Westmoreland County man is facing a misdemeanor charge after a gun was found at the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County Police said the handgun was in a passenger&#8217;s carry-on bag at the main checkpoint. TSA officers found the gun just before 11:45 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"Gun found at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint\" title=\"Gun found at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gun-69025eb1e2500.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tAllegheny County Police\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGun found at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint<\/p>\n<p>Police said John Frye, 51, of Latrobe is facing a charge of carrying a firearm without a license.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Passengers who bring firearms into an airport security checkpoint can face federal civil fines from the Transportation Security Administration up to $10,000. Repeat offenders can be fined up to $13,910,&#8221; county police said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police: Latrobe man charged after gun found in carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport FOR THAT GRAND OPENING&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[13315,13313,13307,13306,7653,9001,625,13310,13314,13312,13308,73,6845,75,6846,74,206,3860,13309,13305,13316,13311],"class_list":{"0":"post-18974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-a-m-wednesday","9":"tag-allegheny-county-police","10":"tag-bag","11":"tag-checkpoint","12":"tag-firearm","13":"tag-gun","14":"tag-handgun","15":"tag-latrobe-man","16":"tag-main-checkpoint","17":"tag-misdemeanor-charge","18":"tag-passenger","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-airport","21":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","22":"tag-pittsburgh-international-airport","23":"tag-pittsburgh-news","24":"tag-police","25":"tag-security","26":"tag-security-checkpoint","27":"tag-tsa","28":"tag-tsa-officer","29":"tag-westmoreland-county-man"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}