Peoria – Man Attempts to Board Plane With Ammo Clip and 9 Bullets

A Peoria man was allowed to board a plane Friday morning at Greater Peoria Regional Airport after police found an ammo clip and nine .22 caliber bullets in his carry-on bag.

Joshua Davis, age unavailable, of 908 E. Republic St. was boarding a plane headed to Chicago at 11:30 a.m. when Peoria County sheriff’s deputies stopped him for questioning.

Davis told police he was an employee of Security Services Inc., an independent security firm based in Peoria, and showed them an SSI employee ID card.

Davis said he must have forgotten to take the ammo clip and bullets out of his bag before coming to the airport.

A deputy contacted SSI to confirm Davis’ employment, and an SSI representative said Davis was not an employee but had worked there before.

Davis was allowed to board the plane, although the ammunition and ammo clip were detained and logged as evidence.

Police later spoke with SSI owner Larry McWherter, who said Davis was an SSI employee for about 30 days but had not worked there since July 2007. McWherter said Davis was not firearm-trained, nor was he supposed to have an SSI ID card, which he said he had lost after leaving SSI.

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