Secret Service Arrests Man Outside White House
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON The Secret Service arrested an Iowa man outside the White House on Wednesday. The man, who had a hunting rifle and ammunition in his car, said he had driven to Washington because someone had told him to go to the White House, according to law enforcement officials.
Renae Kapheim, 41, of Davenport, Iowa, approached uniformed Secret Service officers on foot at 15th and E Streets, a block from the White House, at 12:54 p.m., according to the officials.
He said that someone had told him that he should come to the White House so he had driven to Washington to do so, said a senior law enforcement official. The officers interviewed him there and realized that there needed to be further investigating because something wasnt right.
Mr. Kapheim consented to a search of his car, which was parked on 16th Street and Constitution Avenue. In the course of that search, the officers found a hunting rifle in his trunk, and the ammunition.
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Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)to drop everything they're doing, and drive hundreds of miles to the White House to "talk" to PBO face to face?
Brother Buzz
(36,469 posts)But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)They have got to stop these freaks.
bigworld
(1,807 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)FFS. Come on NYT! That is tabloid journalism.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Why, I'm outside the White House right now!
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)41-year-old R.J. Capheim of Davenport, Iowa, approached a uniformed division officer at the White House and told the officer that someone in Iowa told him to go to the White House, the Secret Service said.
Capheim approached the officer at 15th Street entrance, just north of the East wing.
He told the officer that his car was located at 16th and Constitution, less than a half-mile from the White House. The uniformed division of the Secret Service proceeded to search his vehicle and found a 30/30 hunting rifle and ammunition.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/19/politics/secret-service-arrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This clarifies a bit better.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)face palm
Runningdawg
(4,522 posts)the voices told him to leave the guns in the car.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)...before it was a situation.
mikekohr
(2,312 posts)would be an easy shot for all but a rank beginner. Anyone on the grounds in plain sight would be in trouble. The White House has bullet proof glass, but all outside staff and bystanders would be in the kill zone.