Armed woman arrested after breaching CIA’s Langley headquarters

A Virginia woman arrested Friday for attempting to carry a loaded gun and backup ammunition onto CIA property in Langley, Va., is expected to make her first court appearance Tuesday.

Beth Huth, whose connection to the CIA remains unknown to the public, will appear before the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday afternoon on a charge of knowingly possessing a firearm at a federal agency installation.

A report of the police affidavit states Huth passed “Restricted Area” and “Turn Around” signs outside the CIA headquarters and was confronted by an officer. She admitted to having a firearm in her vehicle.

“I asked the driver if there was anything illegal in the car, after which time she nodded her head up and down so as to indicate ‘yes’ and began to reach for a black handbag resting on the passenger seat. I ordered her to stop reaching for the handbag and leave her hands where I could see them. I asked her to write what she was searching for, and the driver wrote ‘GUN,'” the officer said in his statement.

Huth had five rounds in the 9 mm pistol’s chamber and an additional five rounds in her purse.

NBC-4 reported it is unaware of whether Huth has pleaded guilty or not guilty.

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