Prosecutors dismissed charges against an aide to Virginia Sen. Jim Webb who carried a loaded handgun into a Senate office building. Phillip Thompson was arrested March 26 after he put a bag on an X-ray belt at the Russell Senate Office building. The X-ray showed that the bag held a loaded pistol and two fully loaded magazines.

In an e-mail released late Friday, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor said that his officer wouldn’t pursue charges against Thompson.