Delaware state senator charged with felony in Maryland
Delaware State Sen. Brian Pettyjohn (R-Georgetown) has been charged by the Wicomico County, Maryland Sheriff’s Office with attempting to bring a firearm on a commercial aircraft.
“It’s just one of those things where I didn’t check that one little flap, and there it was,” Pettyjohn told The News Journal. “Sometimes mistakes happen, whether you’re a legislator or not.”
The 43-year-old senator was attempting to fly out of the Salisbury Regional Airport in Salisbury, Maryland to a conference in Louisiana on Thursday, June 22. Around 8:10 a.m., a Transportation Security Administration officer found a loaded handgun in Pettyjohn’s carry-on bag. He was detained and the handgun seized, but eventually able to continue on to Louisiana.
Though TSA press releases from other Maryland counties indicate individuals found to attempt to bring a firearm on a commercial aircraft are usually arrested, Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis tells Sussex Living:
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UPDATE: A preliminary hearing for Sen. Pettyjohn has been scheduled for July 25 in Salisbury’s Wicomico County District Court.
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