Armed man arrested at Trumpâs LA golf course ahead of presidentâs visit
Loaded pistol and rifle among items found in suspectâs pocket, car and home following arrest, police say. A man carrying a loaded handgun and hollow-point
Loaded pistol and rifle among items found in suspectâs pocket, car and home following arrest, police say. A man carrying a loaded handgun and hollow-point ammunition has been arrested at Donald Trumpâs Los Angeles-area golf club, days before a scheduled visit by the US president, local authorities said. The man, arrested on Sunday at the Trump Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, was identified by the Los Angeles County Sheriffâs Department as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele.
The department said he had been seen photographing and filming the grounds while appearing to monitor security preparations ahead of Trumpâs scheduled appearance at a Republican Party fundraising dinner on Tuesday. Deputies said they found a 16-round magazine loaded with ammunition in his pocket, and later recovered a loaded pistol with a round chambered, along with a second loaded magazine, from his vehicle in the golf course car park.
Officials said Taele had already been under investigation by the El Segundo Police Department over a separate robbery case. On Monday, detectives working with the FBIâs Joint Terrorism Task Force searched Taeleâs Downey home, where they said they recovered an illegally modified rifle, a second pistol, body armour, high-capacity magazines, bulk ammunition and other radio signal devices and notebooks containing what officials described only as âconcerning statementsâ.
The sheriffâs department said it had not identified any credible threat to the public and that Taele is being held without bail while prosecutors weigh charges. Trumpâs visit is part of a broader campaign swing through California and Nevada ahead of the November midterm elections.
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