California Man Arrested Near U.S. Capitol with Guillotine in Truck

WASHINGTON (AP) — United States Capitol Police arrested a California man on Tuesday after finding what they described as a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked near the U.S. Capitol complex. The suspect, 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le from Julian, California, was detained shortly after 3 p.m. when officers discovered the truck he was driving was illegally parked east of the Capitol grounds. Police are investigating the reasons behind Le's trip from California and the transportation of the device. A guillotine is a device historically used for capital punishment by beheading, featuring a heavy blade mounted on a tall wooden frame. It was invented in late-18th Century France and is associated with the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.