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Man arrested trying to enter U.S. Capitol with machete as Carter lies in state

A man was arrested for trying to enter the U.S. Capitol with a machete and three knives, according to Capitol Police.
The man, identified as Mel J. Horne, faces multiple charges of carrying a dangerous weapon.
Security was heightened at the Capitol as former President Jimmy Carter lay in state, with public viewing hours available.
Road closures were implemented due to a suspicious vehicle investigation near the U.S. Capitol.

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American Wire News

Guy with a machete, 3 knives arrested at Capitol just before Trump arrived for meeting · American Wire News

Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival to meet with Senate Republicans at the Capitol, police arrested a man who allegedly had a machete and three knives. The man reportedly tried to enter the US Capitol building through a checkpoint on Wednesday but an X-ray machine at the visitor center checkpoint revealed the machete. United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers then searched his bag, finding three knives in addition to the machete. …

1 month ago

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Daily Express

US Capitol on red alert as man with machete arrested ahead of Trump arrival

Heightened security around Washington DC has seen the arrest of a man carrying a machete and three knives.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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El Financiero

‘I walked sharp’: They arrest a man who tried to enter the Capitol with a machete and 3 knives

On Wednesday, January 8, U.S. police arrested a man who tried to enter the U.S. Capitol with a machete and three knives, while former President Jimmy Carter's coffin remains in a burning chapel until his funeral tomorrow Thursday.In a message on social network X, the Capitol Police reported that the incident occurred after 2:00 p.m., local time, a few hours before the scheduled visit of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to Carter's fiery chapel …

2 months ago·Mexico

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Straight Arrow News

Man with machete arrested at US Capitol while President Carter lies in state

U.S. Capitol police say they stopped a man carrying a machete as he entered the Capitol building Wednesday, Jan. 8. The arrest took place as members of the public paid their respects to President Jimmy Carter, who's currently lying in state. In a thread on X, Capitol police said the man, 44-year-old Mel J. Horne of Washington, D.C., entered the north doors of the Capitol Visitors Center. Officers spotted the machete in his bag during his screeni…

2 months ago

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Newser

Capitol Police: Man in Line for Viewing Had a Machete

Capitol Police arrested a man in line for the viewing of Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday who had a machete and three knives, officials said. The machete showed up as his bag went through the X-ray machine during a security screening at the Capitol Visitor Center, police...

2 months ago·Miami, United States

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thepatriotlight.com

ThePatriotLight - Man Carrying Machete Arrested At U.S. Capitol As Trump Was Scheduled To Pay Respect To Jimmy Carter * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Anthony T

ThePatriotLight - Police arrested a man trying to enter the U.S. Capitol with a machete and three other knives as former President Jimmy Carter’s body lay at rest there. The man was arrested just hours before President Trump was set to visit the Capitol to pay respect to Carter. The man, who has yet to be identified to the public, was stopped by officers after police spotted a machete in his bag during an X-ray screening. He was arrested on seve…

2 months ago

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