She was taken for a mental health evaluation, and remains in custody. Author: Dave Puglisi Updated: 12:12 AM EST January 18, 2021
STRATFORD, Conn. A Stratford woman is under arrest for trying to impersonate an officer while in the nation s Capitol. U.S. Capitol Police say Linda MaGovern, 63, tried to talk her way through a security checkpoint. When she was unsuccessful she tried to flee, and was arrested.
The news of her arrest caught her neighbors by surprise. Neighbors say they would wave or have brief interactions with the couple who live at the end of Cherry Street in Stratford. They have no idea why the woman with a Biden-Harris sticker on her mailbox would have gone to the Capitol.
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As Inauguration Day fast-approaches, police have arrested two more individuals near security checkpoints in Washington, D.C., as the security is heightened over concerns regarding the potential violence.
On Sunday, police arrested a 22-year-old man from Virginia while carrying a firearm with three high-capacity magazines and 37 rounds of unregistered ammunition near Capitol Hill.
Based on the Metropolitan Police Department, the individual who was identified as Guy Berry of Gordonsville, Virginia, was walking in the 200 Blk in Massachusetts Avenue NE carrying a Glock 22, which is clearly visible in a holster.
According to NPR, the police report mentioned that the officers who stopped him concluded that he could not carry a handgun in D.C.