CHICAGO (AP) — A judge is charged with carrying a concealed weapon in a prohibited area after he was caught on video dropping a gun in a Chicago courthouse.
A spokesman for Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ office says Cook County Circuit Judge Joseph Claps has been reassigned to “nonjudicial duties,” pending a review.
The Associated Press left a message seeking comment Wednesday from Claps.
The sheriff’s department says the 70-year-old Claps was in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building on July 3, when a handgun fell from the jacket draped over Claps’ arm. Surveillance video shows the judge retrieving the gun and putting it in his pants pocket.
The department says only on-duty law enforcement officers may carry guns in the courthouse.
Claps is scheduled for a court appearance next week.
This judge should go out and immediately burn a couple hundred acres of national forest land.
Joseph Claps …
somehow …I doubt it —
Just let me fill in then …
On the bright side, he didn’t “accidentally” shoot someone as he picked it up.
Again NRA it’s a holstering problem, when are you going give some love and guidance to holster manufacturers? They need your help, and all of us in the vicinity of someone improperly carrying.
Thankfully he forgot to chamber a round before he left the house.
Idiots.