Man arrested after guillotine is found in pickup truck near Capitol

Capitol Police said investigators were looking into why the 35-year-old suspect from California was in Washington.

U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say was carrying a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck.

Philan-Tam-Duy Le of Julian, California, was arrested on suspicion of “carrying a dangerous weapon” and being in possession of the guillotine, Capitol Police said in a news release.

The pickup truck was parked along the 100 block of East Capitol Street.U.S. Capitol PolicePolice said Le, 35, drove to Washington from California.

“USCP investigators are going through the suspect’s background to learn more about why he came to Washington,” police said in their news release.

U.S. Capitol Police seized a guillotine, which was spotted in the bed of a pickup truck in Washington.U.S. Capitol PoliceLe’s truck was spotted near the Capitol and the Supreme Court, where officers say it was illegally parked.