BREAKING: Man arrested after attempting to enter Capitol Visitor Center with machete, knives
The man was arrested for multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
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The man was arrested for multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
On Wednesday, the Capitol Police arrested a man who attempted to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete and three knives.
Police said that at around 2 pm, officers spotted a machete in a man’s bag as it was going through the x-ray machine at the visitor center’s north doors. Officers stopped the X-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the weapon. Also found in the bag were three knives.
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View on XWhile officers investigated, security screening at the north side of the visitor center was temporarily stopped. The man was arrested for multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.
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