Cook County woman charged with bringing loaded gun into courthouse
By FOX 32 Digital StaffPublished July 28, 2023 4:07PM
WHEATON, Ill. - Bond has been set at $100,000 for a Cook County woman charged with bringing a loaded handgun into the DuPage County Courthouse on Thursday.
Suheir Barham, 47, of Oak Lawn, has been charged with felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon in a courthouse and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
She was released from custody Friday morning after posting the necessary 10% of her bail, prosecutors said.
Suheir Barham
About 9:01 a.m. Thursday, Barham entered the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton and placed her backpack on the conveyor belt metal detector before proceeding to walk through the security checkpoint, prosecutors said.
A sheriff's deputy discovered a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun with a bullet in the chamber as Barham's backpack went through the metal detector. Barham was then taken into custody.
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