Machete-wielding suspect at US Capitol granted pre-trial release days before Trump inauguration Suspect Mel Horne told Capitol police the blade was for landscaping – a day after a snow emergency.

The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man on Wednesday who attempted to enter the Capitol Building with a machete and three knives, hours before Trump arrived to meet Republicans.

US Capitol Police detained a man Wednesday who allegedly tried to slip a machete and three knives into the Capitol Visitor Center hours before President-elect Donald Trump's expected visit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was arrested Wednesday for trying to bring a machete and knives into the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, police said.

Capitol Police said the machete was spotted by an X-ray machine at an entrance to the building's visitor centre. The knives were found during a search of his bag, police said in a statement posted ...

A man with a machete and three knives inside his bag was arrested at the entrance to the U.S. Capitol, as members of the public stopped by to pay their respects to former President Jimmy Carter, U ...

WASHINGTON — US Capitol Police arrested a man accused of trying to bring three knives and a machete into the building's visitors center on Wednesday. "Our officers spotted a machete in a man's ...

The U.S. Capitol building is seen on September 9, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Police arrested a man allegedly trying to bring a machete into the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.

According to a message posted on the U.S. Capitol Police's X (formerly Twitter) account, officers stopped the man and took him into custody just after 2:00 p.m. local time after noticing a machete ...

A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he tried to bring a machete and several knives into the U.S. Capitol. The man was stopped just after 2 p.m. during security screening at the Capitol ...

Police at the US Capitol building arrested a man with a machete and three knives as he attempted to enter through a checkpoint Wednesday. Capitol Police said the machete was spotted by an X-ray ...