Man with guns arrested near Donald Trump rally
A man was caught with guns outside of a Donald Trump rally in Riverside County, California. Vem Miller, 49, drove a black SUV to an outer checkpoint. Sheriff’s deputies quested Miller, who claimed that he had the credentials needed to attend the rally. Miller tried to pass himself off as a Journalist and as a VIP guest. However, when deputies asked for these credentials, Miller wasn’t able to show them. It didn’t help that Miller’s SUV had phony license plates, that his SUV was not registered, and that the inside of the SUV was a mess. To add damage to injury, deputies found fake passports, fake driver’s licenses with different names, guns, and ammunition.
From Los Angeles Times:
According to Bianco, Miller had driven his SUV through an outer perimeter maintained by sheriff’s deputies before he was questioned at a checkpoint closer to the rally entrance. Miller claimed to have credentials to attend the rally both as a journalist and VIP guest, but couldn’t produce any documents.
The deputy questioning Miller noticed what Bianco called “many irregularities” with his SUV: The license plate was phony, the vehicle was unregistered and the interior was “in disarray,” the sheriff said.
A search of the SUV turned up fake passports and driver’s licenses with different names, guns and ammunition, Bianco said.
Bianco said he was identifying the suspect as Miller “with an asterisk” because he possessed identification with multiple names. The suspect stated his name was Vem Miller, according to the sheriff.
The homemade license plate was “indicative of individuals claiming to be sovereign citizens,” Bianco said, referring to an ideology whose followers do not consider government authorities to be legitimate. Bianco called it irrelevant that most sovereign citizens subscribe to far-right beliefs.
“He was a lunatic,” the sheriff said.
Asked whether he was speculating by branding Miller a would-be assassin, Bianco said it was “common sense” to suspect that someone carrying guns and fake identification to a political rally intended to hurt people.
Additional Reading:
Ormseth, M. (2024, October 13). Man arrested with guns near Trump rally says he had a pass to be there. Los Angeles Times. Link.
Category: 2024 Election, Donald Trump
Yeah, turns out the locals might have jumped the gun…
Says he is a Trump supporter. Firearms locked in car. Two passports because he is a dual citizen (canada and US).
He was literally released on bond already.
They had to release him because California cannot hold a person only charged with misdemeanors. His charges were improper storage of a loaded firearm in his trunk and possession of a magazine holding more than ten rounds.
Whole lotta questions about this. I saw one of those “sovereign citizen” plates the other day. Had to google it to figure out what it was. Available on Amazon, go figure.
You can get fake passports, funny money and all the trappings of a failed super spy on Amazon.
Little early for The Stupid People of The Week Thread, isn’t it? Or a late drop? Special kind of dumbass to attempt to enter an area where you KNOW is gonna be crawling with LEOs with fake tags, fake ids, fake stories, AND weapons.
Cue up more gunz grabberz in 5.4.3.2..
Cali could make magazines over ten rounds double illegal.
Yeah this guy sounds like a doink…he was interviewed, it was not impressive…
He seemed harmless enough just another knucklehead in love with the idea that he’s not beholden to any government other than the one he makes up in his head…
It’s a great concept on some levels, but not truly practical in reality.
Can anyone vouch for Lars’ whereabouts during the time frame of Trump’s Coachella Rally?