Former KDKA radio reporter Rob Milford will stand trial on firearms charges after allegedly taking a handgun to the Allegheny County Courthouse last month.

During a hearing this morning, Mr. Milford, 53, of Castle Shannon, was held for trial on charges of carring a firearm in a court facility and carring a firearm without a license.

Mr. Milford was arriving at the courthouse to cover a rape trial June 16 when a county police officer said he noticed a .38 caliber snub-nosed revolver in his briefcase when he put it through the metal detector at the courthouse entrance. Mr. Milford's attorney, Wendy Williams, argued that Mr. Milford did not know the gun was in the briefcase and therefore he did not violate the statute, which states that someone cannot "knowingly" take a firearm into the courthouse.

Mr. Milford resigned from the radio station three days later, which KDKA called a "mutual agreement."