By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several other pretend passports in his automobile was arrested at a safety checkpoint outdoors Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night time within the Southern California desert, authorities stated. He was launched Saturday on $5,000 bail.
The driving force claimed to be a journalist nevertheless it was unclear if he had the correct credentials. Deputies seen the inside of the automobile was “in disarray” and a search uncovered the weapons and ammo, together with a number of passports and driver licenses with totally different names, Bianco stated.
The person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity journal, the division stated in an announcement.
“This incident did not impact the safety of former President Trump or attendees of the event,” the Saturday assertion stated. Trump had not but arrived on the rally on the time of the arrest, the sheriff stated Sunday.
The suspect is scheduled to look in courtroom on Jan. 2, 2025, based on on-line data.
Bianco declined to invest in regards to the suspect’s motives or state of mind. “We know we prevented something bad from happening, and it was irrelevant what that bad was going to be,” Bianco stated.
Media members, in addition to VIP ticket holders, had been routed by means of quite a lot of intersections manned by state and native legislation enforcement officers earlier than arriving at a big, grassy space the place drivers had been requested to open hoods and trunks, and every automobile was searched by a Ok-9 officer. Different normal ticket holders had been directed to a web site roughly 3 miles away from the rally, the place they had been boarded onto buses and pushed to the positioning.
Trump’s marketing campaign didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the arrest.
Safety could be very tight at Trump rallies following two current assassination makes an attempt. Final month, a person was indicted on an tried assassination cost after authorities stated he staked out the previous president for 12 hours and wrote of his want to kill him. The Florida arrest got here two months after Trump was shot and wounded within the ear in an assassination try throughout a marketing campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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