Background: CIA new headquarters building in Langley, Virginia (CIA.gov) Inset: Monia Spadaro (Alexandria Sheriff’s Office)
A woman who was shot while driving in the wrong lane toward CIA headquarters had an “odor of alcohol” surrounding her, court documents allege.
Monia Spadaro was driving her gray Toyota Corolla at about 3:40 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, when she traveled on to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, according to an affidavit filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. The document includes a photo of a federal sign at the front entrance reading, “WARNING: RESTRICTED U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION” and prohibiting entry to people “without proper authorization.”
Spadaro reportedly entered the complex in the outbound lane of traffic — causing a CIA police officer in a marked CIA vehicle to flash their lights and activate their sirens.
She continued toward the main security gate, the affidavit from an FBI task force officer continues, “while executing several reckless maneuvers” by driving on the wrong side of the road and swerving from one lane to the other. Another officer reportedly tried to stop the car, but it sped up, and as it reached the gate, the officer fired shots at the car and hit Spadaro.
The car rammed into one of the gate’s barriers, and police detained the suspect. This is where Spadaro’s name and vehicle registration were found. She was brought to the nearby Inova Fairfax Medical hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound.
According to the court document, Spadaro told hospital personnel that she had been drinking at Patsy’s, a bar in Vienna, Virginia, about 15 minutes away from CIA headquarters. A CIA officer who rode in the ambulance with her reportedly said Spadaro’s eyes were “glossy and bloodshot” and “she had an odor of alcohol coming from her person.”
This wasn’t Spadaro’s first alleged transgression, the FBI officer noted — in 2021, she was convicted of DUI in Virginia.
The affidavit states that “there is probable cause” to believe Spadaro “did operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol” and also drove her vehicle “in a willful and wanton disregard” of a signal from a law enforcement officer “so as to interfere with or endanger the operation of the law-enforcement vehicle or endanger a person.”
