Man from Morgantown, West Virginia indicted after bringing a hand grenade to the Pittsburgh International Airport

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Revetti announced Wednesday that a man from Morgantown, West Virginia was indicted on a charge of possessing a firearm that was unregistered. Twenty-six-year-old Zachary Vincent Velling had a flashbang hand grenade in his luggage at the Pittsburgh International Airport on November 12th, 2024. According to Revetti, Velling could face a maximum of up to ten years in jail, an up to a $250,000 fine, or both provided by the law.