Pa. lawmaker's staffer pleads guilty in gun case
Source: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman's press secretary pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor weapons charges, acknowledging that he accidentally carried an unloaded gun and ammunition into a Congressional office building in Washington.
Ryan Shucard, the press secretary for Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to possession of an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition. A judge sentenced Shucard to 30 days in jail but suspended the sentence on the condition he successfully complete six months of unsupervised probation.
Shucard, 26, was placed on unpaid leave after police discovered a handgun and magazine in his bag July 18 during a security screening when he attempted to enter the Cannon House Office Building, where Marino has his office. Shucard said he took the 9 mm handgun with him while house-sitting in Alexandria, Virginia, where he also lives, and forgot he had it in his bag when he went to his job.
Unlike the District of Columbia, Virginia does not require residents to register handguns, and the weapon, which was given to him by his grandfather, was lawfully owned in Virginia, said Shucard's attorney Jason Kalafat.
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