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A antheral was arrested extracurricular of a run rally for erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Southern California, and aggregate guns were illegally successful his possession, according to authorities.
The apprehension took spot astatine a checkpoint astatine the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive successful Coachella astatine 4:59 p.m. connected Saturday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said. The rally was scheduled to commencement astatine 5 p.m., but Sheriff Chad Bianco said astatine a quality league Sunday that the apprehension took spot earlier Trump arrived.
The operator of a achromatic SUV, who was aboriginal identified arsenic 49-year-old Vem Miller of Las Vegas, was recovered to beryllium successful amerciable possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.
Miller was past taken into custody and booked astatine the John J. Benoit Detention Center connected suspicion of possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine.
The Sheriff's Office said the incidental had nary interaction connected the information of rally attendees oregon erstwhile President Trump.
According to the Riverside County Inmate Information System, Miller was released from the detention halfway Sunday connected $5,000 bail.
Bianco told reporters connected Sunday that immoderate charges coming from Riverside County would beryllium constricted to the firearm-related charges. If immoderate further charges were to beryllium filed, they would apt travel federally.
No further details were instantly made available.
Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives to talk astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, successful Coachella, Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Officials didn't accidental wherever the guns were located successful his SUV astatine the clip of the arrest.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, an open protagonist of Trump, said the incidental was "probably" a 3rd assassination effort connected the erstwhile President, according to the Southern California News Group.
Bianco told the quality enactment that Miller presented fake VIP and property passes astatine the checkpoint, which is what led to the search.
“We astir apt stopped different assassination attempt," Bianco told SCNG.
At the quality league connected Sunday, Bianco spoke successful little wide presumption astir what helium believed Miller's intent to be. He told reporters that helium "didn't remember" calling the incidental a imaginable assassination effort to the SCNG, but admitted that it was thing that helium "would say."
"No substance what, it's each going to beryllium speculation astir what his intentions were getting there," Bianco said. "If you're asking maine close now, I astir apt did person deputies that prevented the 3rd assassination attempt."
"The beingness that we had astatine the rally ... I americium gladsome we're not talking astir this aft we changeable [Miller]," Bianco continued.
Miller is simply a registered Republican. He filed to tally for Nevada's authorities assembly successful 2022.
As of Sunday afternoon, Trump hadn't publically commented connected the incident.
The apprehension comes arsenic aggregate high-profile attempts of unit against the erstwhile President person taken spot during the heated predetermination cycle.
FILE - Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents astatine a run rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, successful Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)On July 13, Trump was grazed successful the ear by a slug coming from the weapon of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks was changeable and killed by a subordinate of the Secret Service.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is presently being prosecuted connected weapon charges aft helium hid retired adjacent a Florida play people successful an alleged attempt to person a cleanable changeable astatine the erstwhile President and existent Republican statesmanlike nominee connected Sept. 15.
Sofia Pop Perez contributed to this report.
