Armed Man Arrested Near Trump Golf Course In California Ahead Of President’s Visit

Hours earlier President Donald Trump’s visit to his Rancho Palos Verdes play club, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators announced Tuesday that a man had been arrested complete nan play aft allegedly taking photos and videos astatine nan spot while “appearing to show security-planning activities.”

Authorities said Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey, was arrested Sunday aft deputies recovered hollow-point ammunition successful his pouch and a loaded firearm wrong his vehicle, which was parked astatine Trump National Golf Club. A consequent hunt of his location uncovered further firearms, assemblage armor, high-capacity magazines and aggregate notebooks containing what investigators described arsenic “concerning statements,” officials said.

Officials did not disclose nan contents of nan notebooks.

Trump is scheduled to speak Tuesday evening astatine a Republican National Committee fundraiser astatine nan play club.

Taele was being held without bail, according to region jailhouse records.

According to nan District Attorney's Office, Taele was charged Tuesday pinch manufacturing, importing, keeping for sale, giving aliases receiving a large-capacity magazine; possession of a short-barreled firearm aliases shotgun; and a count of second-degree robbery that allegedly occurred successful November 2025, each felonies. He was besides charged pinch a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm successful a vehicle.

He was scheduled to look successful a Torrance courtroom Tuesday day for arraignment. There was nary contiguous connection connected whether that proceeding had been held.

According to nan sheriff's department, deputies were called to nan Trump National Golf Club successful Rancho Palos Verdes astir 3:30 p.m. Sunday by national agents who spotted a "suspicious individual" connected nan property.

"The individual was observed stepping passim nan play people grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to show security- readying activities," sheriff's officials said successful a statement.

Deputies detained Taele and discovered he was being investigated by constabulary successful El Segundo connected suspicion of robbery. While detaining Taele, deputies recovered a 16-round mag containing hollow-point ammunition successful a pants pocket. Deputies besides searched his conveyance and recovered "a loaded pistol pinch a information chambered, on pinch an further loaded mag containing hollow constituent ammunition," according to nan sheriff's department.

Sheriff's detectives assigned to nan FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force served a warrant Monday astatine Taele's home. According to nan sheriff's department, investigators found:

It was unclear if nan "concerning statements" included immoderate threats of unit toward Trump.

"Currently, investigators person identified nary reliable threat to our communities," according to a sheriff's section statement. "However, this lawsuit underscores nan value of vigilance, beardown partnerships pinch local, state, and national rule enforcement agencies, and nan proactive steps taken to place and analyse suspicious activity earlier it tin escalate."

Trump is expected to beryllium nan header speaker astatine an RNC meal astatine nan Rancho Palos Verdes play nine Tuesday night. According to nan White House, he is expected to make remarks connected his administration's economical policies and successes successful reducing crime. He is besides expected to level disapproval astatine Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a imaginable statesmanlike candidate.