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 WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday after he allegedly entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol.
Phillip Thompson, 45, was released on his own recognizance after his lawyer entered the plea. He has been charged with carrying a pistol without a license and carrying an unregistered firearm and unregistered ammunition.
Thompson was arrested Monday when he entered the office building with a loaded pistol and two other loaded magazines in a briefcase that he placed on an X-ray machine, court documents said. He told the officer at the building's entrance that the weapon belonged to Webb.
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