Explosive Device Found at Hancock Airport
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TSA agents at Hancock Airport say they discovered an explosive device called a blasting cap inside a passenger’s luggage Saturday morning. It happened during a routine luggage check.
TSA agents, along with Syracuse Police, are not saying where 20-year-old Anthony Montoya, who’s from Nevada, got the device or what he planned on using it for. They do say the device is usually used to detonate commercial explosives.
TSA agents used one of the airport’s new explosive device screening systems to find the blasting cap. It is the first time the new machines have detected an epxlosive.
Montoya is facing criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property charges.
The TSA and Syracuse Police are continuing their investigation into this incident.
Anthony Montoya is being held at the Onondaga County Justice Center. He’ll be arraigned in City Court on Sunday morning.
TSA officials plan to take this case to the U.S. Attorney’s office on Monday, so that they can decide whether to prosecute it on a federal level.
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