No gun charge for Senate aide
From Times Wire Reports
Federal prosecutors dismissed a gun charge against an aide to Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.). The aide, Phillip Thompson, 45, was arrested last month when he tried to enter a Capitol office building with a loaded handgun in his briefcase.
Thompson had been charged with carrying a pistol without a license.
U.S. Atty. Jeffrey A. Taylor said in a statement that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the charge. “Today’s decision concludes the investigation of this incident,” he said.
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