California man detained near Capitol with alleged guillotine in truck
U.S. Capitol Police arrested a 35-year-old California resident after finding a device they described as a guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck parked near the Capitol complex.
U.S. Capitol Police arrested Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, California, on Tuesday afternoon after officers discovered a device they identified as a guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck parked east of the Capitol grounds. The arrest occurred shortly after 3 p.m., and investigators are seeking to determine why Le traveled from California and why he was transporting the apparatus. A guillotine is a heavy-blade instrument historically used for beheading, originating in late-18th-century France and associated with the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.