A Virginia man who showed police an unauthorized inauguration credential at a checkpoint along the perimeter securing downtown Washington, D.C. ahead of Inauguration Day was arrested after a gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found in his vehicle, police said. Meanwhile, Wesley Allen Beeler, of Front Royal, says he made an honest mistake. Beeler pulled up to a.
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Capitol police secure an area of Washington on Saturday ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden s Wednesday inauguration. | REUTERS
Bloomberg Jan 17, 2021
A Virginia man was arrested Friday when he tried to enter a restricted area near the U.S. Capitol with unauthorized credentials, a loaded handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, according to police.
Wesley Allen Beeler of Front Royal, Virginia, was stopped by U.S. Capitol Police at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, according to a police report. He had driven up a security checkpoint at the intersection of E Street and North Capitol Street, about a half-mile from the Capitol building.
U.S. Capitol Police said that Mr. Beeler was stopped Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at a security checkpoint established in anticipation of the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden.
Mr. Beeler presented a “non-government issued credential,” U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement it shared with The Washington Times.
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Roger Dupont recalled in an affidavit filed in court afterward that a colleague then “observed several firearm-related decals” on the rear windshield of Mr. Beeler‘s truck.
Among the decals on the back of the truck were ones that said along the lines of “Assault Life” and “If they come for your guns Give ‘Em your bullets first’,” the officer wrote.
Capitol police arrest Va. man with fake ID, gun as officials brace for inauguration
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Security in Washington, D.C., has tightened in advance of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden with the National Park Service restricting assess to the National Mall. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
Jan. 16 (UPI) Capitol police in Washington, D.C., said they arrested a Virginia man who tried to enter a restricted area and was found to have fake credentials and a loaded high-capacity magazine gun.
Wesley Allen Beeler, of Front Royal, Va., presented unauthorized credentials at a security checkpoint at North Capitol Street and E Street Northwest about 6:30 p.m. Friday.