Naperville Man Charged After Loaded Gun Is Found In Bag At Midway Airport

Caption: 1) Kevin R. Reed, 28, of Naperville, was charged with one felony count of attempting to board an aircraft with a loaded gun. 2) .38 caliber Titan Taurus that TSA officials say was found in Reed’s luggage at Midway Airport on Tuesday.

A Naperville man was assigned to pretrial services by a Cook County judge after security officials found a gun in his carry-on luggage at Chicago Midway International Airport.

Kevin R. Reed, 28, of the 1000 block of Mill Street, was charged with one felony count of attempting to board an aircraft with a weapon.

Reed was passing through the security checkpoint at Midway around 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, when an X-ray screener noticed a loaded .38 caliber Taurus Titan firearm in his carry-on luggage, TSA and police officials said.

The X-ray screener immediately informed Chicago police and Reed was taken into custody. TSA officials said that Reed was flying from Midway to Detroit, MI.

The Naperville man appeared in bond court Wednesday afternoon at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building, where he was chided by the judge for being “foolish and arrogant” for allegedly bringing a gun to the airport, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Reed explained that he had driven back to the Chicago area from Kentucky and forgot that he had the firearm in his bag.

Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. had wanted to put Reed on electronic monitoring, but because Reed is a DuPage County resident, he can’t be in the program. The Sun-Times said that Reed was instead assigned to pretrial services.

Reed gives his occupation as a partnership manager for Bank of America Merrill Lynch on his Linkedin profile.

He also serves on the boards of two charitable organizations, Lumity and the Quad City Urban League in Aurora, according to Linkedin.

TSA officials said this was the first firearm discovered in carry-on luggage at Midway this year. Last year, six firearms were recovered.