The firearm was unloaded and found in a carry-on during a security screening, the TSA said.
Share on email was charged with a weapons violation for bringing a gun to Dulles International Airport on Friday, local and federal authorities confirmed to Axios.Victoria Spartz, 45, of Noblesville, IN, was charged on Friday, June 28 with a weapons violation at Dulles Airport," a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told Axios.
A Transporation Security Agency spokesperson told Axios: "TSA officers at IAD detected a .380 caliber firearm during passenger security screening.""Last Friday, Rep. Spartz accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets, which she did not realize was in the pocket of her suitcase, while going through security at Dulles airport," Spartz's office said in a statement.
"Rep. Spartz was issued a citation and proceeded on her international flight to the meeting in Europe."were found in carry-on bags at checkpoints around the U.S. in 2023, which shattered the previous record set in 2022. TSA fines passengers up to $15,000 and revokes TSA PreCheck eligibility for up to five years who bring firearms to a security checkpoint.Share on linkedin
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