US Capitol police arrest man with bayonet and machete in his truck near CND headquarters

(CNN) – U.S. Capitol police say they arrested a California man who had multiple knives in his truck, a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted near the Democratic National Committee headquarters early Monday morning.

Patrol officers noticed the Dodge Dakota pickup around midnight. Police say the vehicle did not have a license plate, but rather a picture of an American flag.

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Officers stopped the truck and noticed a bayonet and a machete, which are illegal in Washington. The driver, identified as 44-year-old Donald Craighead of Oceanside, California, was arrested.