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Jeanine John Taele, a 38-year-old resident of California, was apprehended on Monday outside the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. Law enforcement officials reported that Taele was found in possession of a concealed firearm while allegedly surveilling security operations in anticipation of President Donald Trump's visit to the venue.

A man who was carrying ammunition was arrested near the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles County over the weekend as the president announced a Southern California visit for a Republican National Committee event on Tuesday. In a news release shared by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputies said that plainclothes federal agents reported a suspicious individual on the property at 1 Trump National Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday afternoon. "The individual was observed walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities," the release said. When deputies approached...

An armed man, said to be creeping around and monitoring “security-planning activities,” was arrested Sunday with a pistol and ammunition outside Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles — just two days before the president’s visit to the very same location. Jeanine John Taele, 38, from Downey, Calif., was taken into custody outside the Rancho Palos Verdes site by sheriff’s deputies after federal agents first spotted him lurking in the area, taking photos and videos, and monitoring security-planning activities, law enforcement said. When deputies assigned to the Lomita Sheriff’s Station first made contact with Taele, they determined he was being investigated...