Armed suspect arrested at Trump's Rancho Palos Verdes golf course in advance of president's visit
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Set us as preferred Hours before President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf course, authorities announced that they had arrested a heavily armed individual seen wandering the grounds Sunday.L.A.
County sheriff’s deputies responded to the golf course around 3:30 p.m.Sunday after federal agents saw a suspicious man taking photographs and appearing to monitor security-planning activities.
Deputies detained the man, who was identified as Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey.They found a loaded magazine in his pants pocket and a loaded pistol and additional ammunition in his car in the parking lot at Trump National Golf Club.
They also determined he was under investigation for robbery by the El Segundo Police Department.Taele was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm and possessing prohibited ammunition.On Monday, sheriff’s detectives and FBI agents searched his Downey residence and found an alarming stash of weapons — including an illegally modified AR platform rifle, a .45-caliber pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines and bulk pistol ammunition.Detectives found multiple notebooks containing “concerning statements” and two radio signal devices.The investigation is ongoing, but authorities have identified “no credible threat to our communities.”President Trump was aboard Air Force 1 en route to Los Angeles when the Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest.
Trump is hosting a Republican Party fundraiser at Rancho Palos Verdes golf course on Tuesday evening as part of a two-day visit to California and Nevada.Reporters are not allowed inside the event, where a White House spokesperson said the president intended to tout his wins in advancing tax cuts and securing the border, while denouncing the “radical policies of Democrats like ...