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Man arrested after trying to bring machete, knives into US Capitol, police say
Man arrested after trying to bring machete, knives into US Capitol, police say
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
January 8, 2025, 4:13 PM
A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he tried to bring a machete and several knives into the U.S. Capitol.
The man was stopped just after 2 p.m. during security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center’s north doors. According to police, officers spotted a machete in his bag and arrested him.
Officers also found three knives in the man’s bag, U.S. Capitol Police said. … Authorities are charging the man with multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
The arrest comes as former President Jimmy Carter’s body is lying in state at the Capitol.
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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
January 8, 2025, 4:13 PM
A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he tried to bring a machete and several knives into the U.S. Capitol.
The man was stopped just after 2 p.m. during security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center’s north doors. According to police, officers spotted a machete in his bag and arrested him.
Officers also found three knives in the man’s bag, U.S. Capitol Police said. … Authorities are charging the man with multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
The arrest comes as former President Jimmy Carter’s body is lying in state at the Capitol.
{snip}
Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
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Scott MacFarlane
@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
MORE from US Capitol Police: “Just after 2pm., during security screening at the CVC’s north doors, USCP officers spotted a machete in a bag, which was going through the x-ray machine. Officers stopped the machine and searched the bag, which contained a machete and three knives”
January 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
MORE from US Capitol Police: “Just after 2pm., during security screening at the CVC’s north doors, USCP officers spotted a machete in a bag, which was going through the x-ray machine. Officers stopped the machine and searched the bag, which contained a machete and three knives”
January 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
https://bsky.app/profile/macfarlanenews.bsky.social/post/3lfb7pg7cys2q
