Another passenger tries to bring loaded gun through RIC checkpoint
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Three days after Richmond International Airport wrapped up one of its slowest passenger years but its busiest one for stopping guns at checkpoints – 22 instances – another passenger tried to bring a gun onto a plane.
The Richmond woman was stopped at a security checkpoint at the airport Jan. 3 with a loaded .38-caliber handgun in her carry-on bag. The gun contained five bullets.
TSA alerted airport police, who responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the handgun and arrested the woman.
A typical first offense for carrying a loaded handgun into a checkpoint is $4,100 but can go as high as $13,669 depending upon the circumstances.
