Man arrested near White House with three firearms

The U.S. Secret Service arrested Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos near the White House after finding three firearms and ammunition in a vehicle reported stolen, according to court records and federal officials. The charges reported so far concern firearms and property offenses, not an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

A Secret Service officer on patrol spotted the vehicle parked on Constitution Avenue shortly before midnight Thursday, November 5, according to an affidavit filed in D.C. Superior Court. The officer approached after noticing Chrinos inside and asked whether he had weapons. The affidavit says he nodded and made a finger-gun gesture.

After Chrinos got out, he communicated with officers through Google Translate. The affidavit quotes him as saying he had a gun because someone had tried to kill him with it, and that it was in a brown bag. Officers searched the vehicle and found an AR-15-style rifle, a MAC-10 and a Glock 43X, along with ammunition, according to the complaint. The vehicle had been reported stolen.

The Department of Homeland Security said Chrinos told officers that voices directed him to travel to Washington and kill Trump. That account does...