Man arrested after trying to bring machete, knives into US Capitol, police say

Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
January 8, 2025, 4:13 PM

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 Visitor Center’s north doors. According to police, officers spotted a machete in his bag and arrested him.

Officers also found three knives in the man’s bag, U.S. Capitol Police said. … Authorities are charging the man with multiple counts of carrying a dangerous weapon.

The arrest comes as former President Jimmy Carter’s body is lying in state at the Capitol.

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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
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