A staffer who works for New York Rep. Joseph D. Morelle, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, was arrested on the Capitol campus Monday morning after a bag search turned up magazines and ammunition, according to Capitol Police.
Michael Hopkins, 38, was stopped at an entrance to the Cannon House Office Building after putting his bag through security, police said in a statement.
“USCP officers noticed what appeared to be ammunition on the x-ray screen. After a hand search of the bag, officers found four ammunition magazines and eleven rounds of ammunition,” the statement said. “The staffer told the officers that he forgot the ammunition was in the bag.”
