Saturday 4 June 2022 06:52 AM Retired cop Jerome Felipe arrested outside Capitol BB gun high capacity ... trends now
A Michigan man who was arrested at the U.S. Capitol with a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition has claimed the entire incident was a misunderstanding.
Jerome Felipe, 53, a retired NYPD cop who now lives in Flint, was arrested just after 5am on Friday morning after he parked his 2017 Dodge Charger outside the Capitol building near Peace Circle.
He had a fake badge with a name of a made-up agency printed upon it: 'Department of the INTERPOL' .
Felipe gave officers permission to search his vehicle saying he had 'nothing to hide'.
Jerome Felipe, 53, a retired NYPD cop who now lives in Flint, was arrested just after 5am on Friday morning after parking his 2017 Dodge Charger outside the Capitol near Peace Circle
Felipe allegedly had a fake badge with 'Department of the INTERPOL ' printed on it and said he was a 'criminal investigator, with the made-up agency, officers said
Felipe was arrested at the U.S. Capitol with a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition
Cops were alerted when Felipe parked his Dodge on the west side of the Capitol building
Felipe was arrested just after 5am on Friday. Pictured above his the ammunition police found
The vests, BB gun and bag full of papers Felipe brought to the scene are laid out on the Capitol parking lot. It follows an increase in threats and attacks on Congress in recent years
The officers discovered a BB gun, two ballistic vests, several high capacity magazines, and other ammunition in the car, although no real guns were found.
Investigators are still working to determine the reason Felipe was parked near the U.S. Capitol, police said.
Felipe is facing charges for Unlawful Possession of High Capacity Magazines and Unregistered Ammo.
Felipe told the Daily News that the entire incident was a misunderstanding declaring the charges of unlawful possession of high capacity magazines and unregistered ammo as 'bullsh**'.
'They asked me if they could search the vehicle, I said 'Of course, you can search the vehicle. I have nothing to hide,' Felipe, said.
'Then they said, 'Put him under arrest, he's got ammunition in the car.' So what I got ammunition in the car? You can't do nothing with it. What am I going to do? Throw it at somebody?'
