Passenger accused of entering secured area at Charlotte Douglas Airport

CHARLOTTE — Officers say a man from Florida tried to go where he wasn’t allowed at the Charlotte Douglas Airport.

Sameer Telang is accused of walking through two security doors and onto a ramp level before officers arrested him.

Investigators said he’d been there overnight after his flight was canceled.

He had also been drinking before the incident.

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