(Trends Wide) — U.S. Capitol police say they arrested a California man who had multiple knives in his truck, a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted near the Democratic National Committee headquarters early Monday morning.
Patrol officers noticed the Dodge Dakota pickup around midnight. Police say the vehicle did not have a license plate, but rather a picture of an American flag.
USCP Officers Arrest California Man with Bayonet & Machete: https://t.co/0mhsoOC8vX pic.twitter.com/9SR1NXsJV6
— U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) September 13, 2021
Officers stopped the truck and noticed a bayonet and a machete, which are illegal in Washington. The driver, identified as 44-year-old Donald Craighead of Oceanside, California, was arrested.