Man With Explosives Arrested Near Capitol

Grenade, Several Weapons Found In Suspect's Car Several Blocks From U.S. Capitol Building

(AP)  Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after they found a grenade and several weapons in his car several blocks from the Capitol building.

Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, of Orange, Va., was charged with carrying a deadly weapon and possessing unregistered firearms and ammunition, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.

Timmons was detained after he stopped to ask a police officer for directions and the officer saw a rifle case in the car.

A search of the car, a Jeep Cherokee, turned up a rifle, a live grenade, a pistol, ammunition, magazines with ammunition in them and several other "items of concern," Schneider said.

Police closed nearby streets for several hours while conducting the search. The incident occurred near the Library of Congress southeast of the Capitol.

The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and District of Columbia police assisted in the investigation.

[truthislife1]

That''s funny!

[truthislife1]

That''s funny!

[pollroller1]

Be verrie verrie quiet, I''m hunting wabbits.

[pollroller1]

I think that this guy was a few cards short of a full deck.

[nagognog]

A nutjob drives into D.C. with gun, ammo, grenade. And instantly the morons turn it into a problem with "liberals" and "communists." Amazing.

You thread-jackers are what are known as, in the internet business, trolls. You make provocative comments and wait for people to take the bait. Then you delight in people''s confusion and pain. Some would call you patriots. Some would call you Republicans. I, and many others, call you: Social-Sadists.

You are not cool. You are not progressive. And you are pathetic. Get a life. People - don''t bother refuting them - let them thrash about in their own bucket of filth on their own.

[TommyCraig]

My, your a hateful group of leftist. I thought you were the "true" compassionate and intelligent party. It''s just like communist. Sounds good when there small. However, when they gain power, the real evil comes out.

[naimiles]

It doesn''t surprise me that he ask a cop for directions. What wouldn''t surprise me is he''s part of the Palin clan. In the next few weeks the Nation will learn what a mistake McCain made in choosing Gov. Palin. The media is just getting started in their vetting processes that the McCain campaign never did.

[deepperppl]

Will he be on the "Stupidest Criminals" show? If he needs to be nominated... I''ll do it.

[thcarson-2009]

He was looking for Pelosi

[hypnotoad72]

Directions - to where?

[mycomment-2009]

Something doesn''t seem right about this story. The last thing someone carrying guns and a grenade would do is stop a cop for directions. Where did this guy get a live grenade anyway? Nope...doesn''t pass the smell test.
Posted by SistaTee at 03:45 AM : Sep 06, 2008

ROFLMAO Have to agree with you there. Sounds more like Karl Rove to me. You know scare and smear during an election year? SIEG HEIL McBush
Posted by MCVet-1 at 07:17 AM : Sep 06, 2008

I don''t know what you two are smoking but how''s the weather in that alternate universe of yours?

[nextgenman]

Did the guy claim he was a f***ing redneck!! on his MySpace page?

[mcvet-1]

Something doesn''''t seem right about this story. The last thing someone carrying guns and a grenade would do is stop a cop for directions. Where did this guy get a live grenade anyway? Nope...doesn''''t pass the smell test.

Posted by SistaTee at 03:45 AM : Sep 06, 2008

ROFLMAO Have to agree with you there. Sounds more like Karl Rove to me. You know scare and smear during an election year? SIEG HEIL McBush

[antizion]

Yeah it doesn''t pass the smell test for me either. You see these stories then you never hear anything about it again.

Example: What ever happened to the Jewish guy in Vegas that got caught making ricin in a hotel room and spent almost a month in the hospital after poisoning himself?

Charged with terrorism? Nope.. Been in the news? Nope..

DC trying to get a gun ban going again? Yep. Wouldn''t want a million African Americans living in a getto to have weapons.

The sad reality is that if the guy would have had a nuke and flattened Washington DC, America would be a coast to coast block party for a month until the beer and pizza ran out and we all had to go back to work.

I miss the days when more than just the idiot crazies thought the government was still on our side and represented us. Nothing but scum blackmailed and bought off by the zionist occupy the capitol these days.

[godzfan]

Gawd !!!! I hope he was lookin for McPalin''s address.

[j_flood]

He was just callin in to see Sarah...

[sistatee-2009]

Something doesn''t seem right about this story. The last thing someone carrying guns and a grenade would do is stop a cop for directions. Where did this guy get a live grenade anyway? Nope...doesn''t pass the smell test.

[tawpdawg111]

one of her huntin buds

[mainedoggie]

Fan of Palin no doubt... let the story unfold...