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DC Police arrest person outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral ahead of Red Mass
Louis Geri was charged with unlawful entry, threats to kidnap or injure, and possession of a Molotov cocktail before the annual Red Mass attended by judiciary and officials.
- Sunday, MPD arrested Louis Geri on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle shortly before 6 a.m.; he faces charges including unlawful entry and possession of a Molotov cocktail.
- Geri had been previously banned from the cathedral, officers said, and officers assigned to the Red Mass detail arrested him without incident after he refused to leave.
- Officers discovered multiple suspicious items inside a tent on the cathedral steps, including vials of liquid and possible fireworks, prompting MPD's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and Arson Task Force to respond.
- The Red Mass proceeded after investigators cleared the scene, and federal partners including the Joint Terrorism Task Force, FBI's Washington Field Office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the investigation.
- The Red Mass is held each year to invoke blessings on the judiciary, and investigators closed the front entrance of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue Northwest.
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New Jersey man arrested for having Molotov cocktail outside DC church during high profile mass
Louis Geri, of Vineland, New Jersey, was cuffed on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday after setting up a tent full of "suspicious" items and refusing to leave, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
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