An American Airlines flight attendant charged with trying to bring a gun onto an airplane at O'Hare International Airport didn't know her husband had left the gun in her bag, her attorney said today.
Sheila A. Schultz, 65, was arrested Friday morning about 9:30 a.m. after the gun was detected in an X-ray machine, police said.
Schultz, of the 1200 block of North Grove Avenue in Palatine, was ordered held today on $10,000 bail after being charged with one felony count of boarding an aircraft with a weapon and one misdemeanor count of having a firearm without a valid gun card.
Schultz was at O’Hare security checkpoint 7A--which directories show is in Terminal 3--when a TSA officer saw the .22 caliber revolver containing live rounds in her carryon bag, according to court documents.
The bag was shared between Schultz and her husband, her attorney, David Studenroth, said today in a hearing before Criminal Court Judge Judge Israel Desierto. Schultz’s husband forgot to take the gun out of the bag after a recent trip to Michigan, according to court documents. Schultz was unaware it was still in there, her attorney, Studenroth said.
Schultz was scheduled to be on a 10:30 a.m. flight to Shanghai, China on Friday.
Schultz has been an AA flight attendant for 44 years, has lived in Palatine for 40 years and has never been arrested, he said.
American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan confirmed Friday that Schultz was a flight attendant for the airline.
Schultz is scheduled to appear in court again on Nov. 30.
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