UPDATE:  The office of Congresswoman Victoria Spartz has released a statement on her arrest on weapons charges at a D.C. airport on Friday.

Spartz was found to have a .38 caliber firearm as she was going through passenger screening at Dulles International Airport.

It’s illegal to carry a gun onto a plane.

On Monday, her office said, “Spartz accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets, which she did not realize was in the pocket of her suitcase.”

The gun was empty and Spartz did not have any magazines or bullets in the bag with the gun.

ORIGINAL STORY:  U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has been charged with a weapons violation at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

A spokesperson for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to I-Team 8 that Spartz was charged Friday. The spokesperson says Spartz received a summons to appear in a court in Virginia. Additional details were not immediately available.

I-Team 8 reached out to Spartz’s office for comment.

The 45-year-old from Noblesville serves the Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. The district includes Hamilton County and other counties north and northeast of Indianapolis.

She is seeking re-election in November’s election. She fended off eight rivals in the May Republican primary just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She is the first and only Ukrainian-born member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

WIBC/Network Indiana has also reached out to Spartz’s office for comment. Original article by WISH-TV Channel 8 in Indianapolis.