Nancy Guthrie sheriff caught with undeclared gun at airport faced no charges, bodycam video shows

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Digital has obtained information video done a nationalist records petition showing Sheriff Chris Nanos stopped for bringing an undeclared handgun to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint astatine the Tucson International Airport up of a travel to Laguna Beach successful California.

Active-duty instrumentality enforcement officers are typically allowed to alert equipped if they conscionable national requirements and notify the hose successful advance, according to the TSA. However, critics person complained to the region committee of supervisors that the sheriff was treated much leniently than the mean national would person been.

And the video, recorded successful November 2024, has been publically released for the archetypal clip conscionable aft Pima County deputies person arrested 3 YouTubers for allegedly creating a nationalist nuisance successful Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood, raising First Amendment concerns.

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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos listens arsenic an serviceman reads him a Miranda informing aft helium brought a loaded handgun to a TSA checkpoint astatine the Tucson International Airport. (Tucson Airport Authority)

The 3 streamers were identified arsenic Alex Zabel, who uses the online moniker Criminal Network; Troy Bradshaw, who goes by "DAA JUICE"; and Damian Enderle, who runs the 857 Tucson channel.

Nanos missed his formation but was released without charges. Zabel and Bradshaw were some concisely jailed connected June 8, portion Enderle was fixed a citation.

"It looks similar our beauteous Sheriff Nanos has decided to spell aft YouTubers, streamers, and freelance journalists who situation participate the precise thoroughfare wherever Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped," Enderle wrote connected X Tuesday. "Meanwhile, little than a mile south, successful a county-patrolled area, it appears to beryllium a stateless fentanyl free-for-all."

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A Glock handgun recovered successful Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos' container astatine a TSA checkpoint astatine the Tucson International Airport. He was turned distant and fixed a accidental to stow it successful his vehicle, but helium was not charged with a crime. (Tucson Airport Authority)

The 3 streamers look misdemeanor nationalist nuisance charges. Zabel is besides accused of obstructing the roadway.

A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's Department told Fox News Digital that galore complaints astir blocked roadways, trespassing and different vicinity disruptions person been called in, and that warnings allegedly went unheeded.

"After reviewing video grounds showing 1 of the arrestees urinating successful nationalist down a makeshift tent, Sheriff Chris Nanos has directed deputies to instrumentality a stronger enforcement approach," the spokesperson said. "Sheriff Nanos volition nary longer tolerate behaviour that disrupts the assemblage oregon violates the law."

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Savannah Guthrie stands beside her parent Nancy Guthrie successful a photograph taken connected June 15, 2023. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

Going forward, the sheriff's section is vowing to mention and merchandise first-time offenders. Anyone caught a 2nd clip whitethorn beryllium jailed.

"Not definite those charges volition stick, but it seems unusual to inactive person radical hanging astir present that this has been a acold lawsuit for months," said Dr. Matt Heinz, a subordinate of the Pima County Board of Supervisors. "These neighbors merit immoderate peace."

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Damian Todd Enderle, the antheral down 857 Tucson, pictured extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's location successful February. (Olivia Palombo/Fox News Digital)

There has been a prohibition connected media parking successful the vicinity since precocious February aft dozens of quality vehicles camped retired up and down the artifact for weeks.

As Fox News Digital antecedently reported, a section nonmigratory named Cory Stephens complained to the region committee of supervisors astatine a nationalist gathering connected Nov. 12, 2024, that the sheriff did not look the aforesaid consequences a regular national would have.

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"If a backstage national had encountered that astatine the airport, the consequences would person been greater," Stephens, president of the Conservative Coalition of America, told Fox News Digital successful April.

An equipped idiosyncratic reaches toward a Google Nest camera astatine Nancy Guthrie's beforehand doorway successful Tucson, Arizona, successful photos released connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Provided by FBI)

An incidental study dated Nov. 6, 2024, shows a TSA X-ray technician saw the limb successful the sheriff's container and flagged an officer. Airport constabulary recovered 5 rounds successful the mag and different successful the chamber.

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The sheriff was not charged oregon arrested, but the responding serviceman work him a Miranda warning.

Nanos told the serviceman that helium had stayed astatine a edifice the nighttime before, which helium said was predetermination night. He said helium didn't privation to permission the department-issued weapon successful his vehicle, which helium checked successful with a valet. So helium stuffed it successful his bag.

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A subordinate of the Pima County Sheriff's Department stands adjacent to a conveyance extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

"Got up this greeting successful a rush, we were late, and conscionable threw everything in," helium says connected bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital.

The serviceman agreed it was an accident, informed his superiors and yet allowed Nanos to stow the limb successful his vehicle.

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"You are escaped to go, bully sir — person a fantastic vacation," the serviceman told Nanos aft escorting him to the concourse exit.

The sheriff missed his flight, however, and took a aboriginal level to California.

Guthrie is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Her suspected abduction remains unsolved, and determination is simply a combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal for accusation that cracks the case.

The household is urging anyone with accusation to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Anonymous tips tin beryllium called into Tucson's 88-Crime hotline astatine 1-520-882-7463.