Southern California Man Arrested in Washington D.C. After Possession of Guillotine Found H
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Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a Southern California man after they said they found a large guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck parked outside the U.S. Capitol.
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NBC NewsU.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say was carrying a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck.
Washington TimesA 35-year-old California man was arrested Tuesday on charges of possessing an assembled guillotine, which U.S. Capitol Police spotted in the bed of his pickup truck near the U.S. Supreme Court.
Washington ExaminerThe U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man seen allegedly driving with a guillotine in Washington, D.C.
The Daily WireThirty-five-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, had illegally parked his car along the 100 block of East Capitol Street, near the U.S. Supreme Court and the Capitol building. The U.S. Capitol Police said that they seized a guillotine spotted in the bed of his pickup truck on Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m. after they noticed his car was illegally parked.
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Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, was arrested on suspicion of “carrying a dangerous weapon” and being in possession of the guillotine, Capitol Police said in a news release.
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Washington ExaminerPhilan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, was arrested by Capitol Police, and a guillotine, a device historically used for executions via decapitation, was seized from the back of his truck. Le was arrested for allegedly carrying a dangerous weapon.
Washington TimesPhilan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, was arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon.
USA TodayPhilan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon for possessing the execution device, according to a news release about the Aug. 25 incident from U.S. Capitol Police.
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Police said Le, 35, drove to Washington from California. “USCP investigators are going through the suspect’s background to learn more about why he came to Washington,” police said in their news release.
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USA TodayPolice said the suspect drove to the city from California, and investigators were combing through Le's background to try to learn why he had the device.
The Daily Wire“USCP investigators are going through the suspect’s background to learn more about why he came to Washington, DC,” Capitol Police said in a statement.
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A man seen in Philadelphia wearing a creepy, Chucky-style mask and allegedly harassing people there last week was arrested in Las Vegas, authorities in the desert city said Tuesday.
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Washington TimesThe man who roamed the streets of Philadelphia and threatened people, all while wearing a Halloween-style mask from the horror movie “Chucky,” has been taken into custody in Las Vegas, authorities said late Tuesday.
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“By hiding behind a Chucky-style Halloween mask, Hughes terrorized Philadelphia residents and believed he could evade law enforcement. He was wrong,” Deputy Clark added.
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NBC NewsPolice allege Hughes approached more than a dozen people in Center City that morning, before he fled after his interaction with the jogger. Police said he fled again after regional transit police in a train station contacted him and told him to remove his mask.
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01 New York Post WASHINGTON — An unlicensed plastic surgeon nicknamed “Dr. Frankenstein” cut his ankle monitor and disappeared three days before his trial this month for allegedly disfiguring patients in Florida — adding to a diplomatic crisis between Brazil and the US with personal ties to the White House.
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02 Washington Examiner Le caught the attention of officers near the 100 block of East Capitol Street around 3 p.m. for allegedly having the 18th-century execution device in the bed of his truck and being illegally parked. Photos released by police show a tall, rectangular wooden structure with a string attached sitting in the bed of a pickup truck.
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03 USA Today The guillotine was invented in France in 1792, according to Britannica, and during the French Revolution "became the primary symbol of the Reign of Terror and was used to execute thousands of people" by decapitation. Among those executed was King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
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04 NBC News The mask resembles the killer doll from the “Child’s Play” horror movie franchise. Police believe the suspect may have behaved in this manner before, and they asked any other possible victims to come forward.
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05 Washington Times Philadelphia police said he approached one female jogger and asked, “Are you ready to die?” and then chased her. She fell while trying to flee and suffered serious injuries.
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06 The Daily Wire The suspect drove from California to Washington, D.C., and was arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon, according to the department.
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