Woman Arrested for Trying to Bring Gun Into Courthouse

And not just any gun, but a loaded gun that--according to the accused--she left in her purse after "target practice." And she apparently didn't have time to removed it before accompanying her boyfriend to some kind of paternity hearing. Oh, now things are starting to make some sense . . .

Tammy Dobbin, of far south suburban Beecher, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a felony, after a sheriff’s deputy discovered the gun in her book bag. She is jailed in lieu of $100,000 bond. Dobbin had no business in court Tuesday, authorities said, but was accompanying her boyfriend to a paternity courtroom at 32 W. Randolph. .

She was stopped at a security checkpoint outside a courtroom, like everyone else, and an X-ray machine revealed she had a solid metal object in her book bag, authorities said. Sheriff's Deputy Jennifer Matthews asked about it, but Dobbin said she knew nothing about such an object in her back, authorities say. When the deputy opened the bag, she found a 9mm — loaded with 10 live rounds and equipped with a laser pointer.

Woman arrested for trying to bring loaded gun into courthouse [Chicago Sun Times]