Topless woman charged with carrying loaded gun in van

A partially undressed woman sitting in her van in the parking lot of a Naperville hotel also was discovered carrying a loaded semiautomatic handgun under the seat, police said.

Vicki K. Myers, 44, originally from Texas but living at the hotel on the 1600 block of Diehl Road, initially told police she was changing in the van when officers spotted her naked from the waist up at 9:45 p.m. Friday night, Sgt. Gregg Bell of the Naperville Police Department said.

However, the woman admitted to police she had gone to the van to touch herself, leaving her three children in the hotel room, Bell said. He also said police discovered “adult items” in the van.

Myers also told police she had a loaded semiautomatic pistol under the seat, Bell said. Myers thought it was legal to have the gun in her possession despite not having a firearms owner's identification card registered in Illinois, Bell said.

“It is legal in Texas to have the weapon under her seat,” Bell said. “But not in Illinois without the proper FOID card.”

Bell said she was charged with one misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a weapon. She posted a cash bond and was released Friday night, he added.