A 28-year-old from a Detroit suburb has been identified as the man arrested Tuesday and charged with trying to enter the U.S. Capitol complex with a flare gun, torch lighter and bottles of fuel ...

A 28-year-old Michigan man was arrested during a screening at the Capitol Visitor Center just after noon on Election Day for carrying a flare gun, torch lighter and bottles of fuel, police said.

WASHINGTON — Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon who was stopped during a screening at the Capitol Visitor Center because he smelled like fuel and had a torch lighter and a flare gun ...

WASHINGTON (WDVM/WOOD) — U.S. Capitol Police arrested a Michigan man with a torch lighter and a flare gun at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on Election Day. “At about 12:20 this afternoon ...

The officers found a flare gun and torch lighter, what appeared to be accelerants in the bottles, as well as papers that the suspect apparently intended to deliver to Congress, Manger said.

At that point the suspect was detained. He was placed under arrest. We found a flare gun and a torch lighter in his jacket. There were also other articles in his backpack. He is now in custody.

The cops then also found a firearm in the man's bag. He said: "We found a flare gun, a lighter and a torch lighter in his jacket. There were also other articles in his backpack, and he is now in ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a man with a torch lighter and a flare gun who attempted to enter the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. According to USCP Chief Thomas Manger ...