Police securing the U.S. Capitol arrest 2

WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old Virginia man whose Facebook page features a photo from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arrested near the Capitol complex Sunday, carrying three high-capacity magazines, 37 rounds of unregistered ammunition and a Glock .22 firearm.

The arrest of Guy Berry of Gordonsville, Va., was reported by District of Columbia police and confirmed by his aunt, who said she was his primary caregiver when he was a child and who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her privacy.

The aunt said she saw Berry on Jan. 6 and knows he was not was at the Capitol that day, when a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump forced their way into the building to try to stop the certification of his election defeat.

Also this weekend, Capitol Police say they arrested a woman for impersonating a police officer, stopping her at a security checkpoint in place for Wednesday’s inauguration.

The areas around the Capitol and the White House, as well as much of downtown Washington, are under a massive lockdown following the breach of the Capitol, which resulted in the deaths of a Capitol Police officer and four others.

Law enforcement agencies have warned of the possibility of additional violent protests through Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington and at state capitols.

But with a huge police and National Guard presence around key government buildings and Washington’s monumental core, no major protests or violence materialized Sunday.

A valid security credential is needed to enter the sprawling, unprecedented security zone, with many checkpoints in place.

Police said Berry was walking in the Capitol area just after midnight Sunday, with a firearm “clearly visible” in a holster. He was stopped near a police checkpoint, and officers concluded he was not permitted to carry a handgun in the District of Columbia. They then discovered that he had the magazines and ammunition, so they arrested him, police said.

He was arrested for carrying a pistol without a license, possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device and unregistered ammunition.

In a separate incident, the woman arrested Saturday was stopped by Capitol Police about 8:45 a.m. at a checkpoint.

She presented what was identified as a military challenge coin, a pocket-size medallion that is typically given out by military commanders, Capitol Police said.

The woman, whose name was not released, said she was a law enforcement officer. But as she was being questioned, she drove off. She was stopped shortly thereafter and placed under arrest, police said.

Capitol Police said she was charged with impersonating of a law enforcement officer, failure to obey an officer and fleeing a law enforcement officer.

The woman was taken for evaluation at the D.C. Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program and later processed at Capitol Police headquarters and then transported to the D.C. Central Cell Block.

On Friday, a Virginia man who has been working as a private security guard in the D.C. area was arrested after law enforcement found at least one firearm and ammunition in his truck.