SALISBURY — A China Grove woman was charged Thursday with possession of a handgun on courthouse property after she said she forgot she had a revolver in her pocketbook.

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said Audra Fitzpatrick Beaver, 64, of the 1000 block of Brookwood Drive, went into the Main Street entrance of the Rowan County Courthouse. As her pocketbook passed through an X-ray machine, a small revolver was detected.

Deputies searched her pocketbook and found a loaded North American Arms .22 Magnum revolver and a novelty D-ring knife. Beaver said she forgot the items were in her pocketbook.

The gun and knife were seized along with a concealed-carry permit in Beaver’s name.

Rowan County officials said there are several signs leading to the courthouse that give warnings that no weapons are permitted inside.

Beaver was cited for having a weapon on courthouse property. She was given a March 11 court date.

In other Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:

• A woman reported Tuesday that two credit cards were obtained in her name and mailed to an address in the 400 block of Long Ferry Road and later used in Spencer.

• A woman reported an assault Tuesday in the 200 block of Grayson Drive.

• A woman reported a burglary Tuesday at her home in the 1000 block of Red Oak Drive, Rockwell.

• A man reported Tuesday that someone stole his credit card and used it at Fox’s Store in the 4800 block of Old Beatty Ford Road, China Grove.

• Jeffery Glenn Overcash, 60, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor assault on a female at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.

• Spencer Maurice Bradshaw, 36, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor assault by pointing a gun in the 200 block of Grayson Drive.

• Christopher Adam Huffman, 22, was charged Tuesday with felony breaking and entering motor vehicles at the Rowan County Magistrate’s Office.

In Salisbury Police Department reports:

• A woman reported Wednesday that someone stole items from her vehicle at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.

• A man reported Thursday that someone stole items from his vehicle parked at Marriott hotel.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.