Prosecutors want employee barred from DHS after gun charge
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Federal prosecutors are asking that a Department of Homeland Security analyst be barred from the agency's headquarters and other facilities after he was charged with bringing a gun to his workplace.
Prosecutors filed a motion Thursday asking a judge to bar 45-year-old Jonathan Wienke from all DHS buildings.
Wienke has been on administrative leave since his arrest earlier this month. He was released from custody pending further court proceedings.
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He's been charged with carrying a pistol without a license. The case remains under investigation. A federal investigator wrote in an affidavit that Wienke was planning to commit workplace violence.
In addition to the gun, prosecutors say he brought a knife, pepper spray and handcuffs with him to work at the department's Washington headquarters. His attorney has not returned multiple messages.