Heritage Foundation exec arrested on drug possession charge after accidentally bringing pistol ammo into Senate office building
- The government relations director for the conservative Heritage Foundation was arrested on a drug possession charge after he accidentally brought pistol ammo into the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.
- Chris Wingate, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, was stopped after an X-ray screening of his briefcase revealed "what appeared to be a pistol magazine" inside, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
- When asked if there was a magazine in the bag, Wingate allegedly answered, "There shouldn't be," but a search turned up one that held 10 rounds of 9 mm am
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- The government relations director for the conservative Heritage Foundation was arrested on a drug possession charge after he accidentally brought pistol ammo into the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington.
- Chris Wingate, 45, of Alexandria, Virginia, was stopped after an X-ray screening of his briefcase revealed "what appeared to be a pistol magazine" inside, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
- When asked if there was a magazine in the bag, Wingate allegedly answered, "There shouldn't be," but a search turned up one that held 10 rounds of 9 mm am
Sources: The Independent