{"id":981266,"date":"2026-08-05T01:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/981266\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T01:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:23:13","slug":"armed-man-arrested-outside-trumps-los-angeles-golf-course-before-presidential-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/981266\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed man arrested outside Trump&#8217;s Los Angeles golf course before presidential visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Los Angeles-area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/golf\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golf<\/a> course after appearing to monitor security preparations two days ahead of Trump\u2019s fundraiser there, authorities said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department said Jeanine John Taele, 38, was taking photos and video and had a 16-round magazine with ammunition in his pocket. Authorities recovered a loaded pistol in his car. Law enforcement searched his home in the nearby city of Downey on Monday and found a plethora of firearms, magazines and ammunition, body armor and notebooks with \u201cconcerning statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s department announced the arrest as Trump was preparing to arrive for a fundraising dinner for the Republican National Committee at the Trump National Golf Course in the suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes just south of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Taele was charged with several felonies including second-degree robbery, receiving a large-capacity magazine and possession of a short-barreled rifle or shotgun. He was also charged with carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle, a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty to all the charges Monday and was ordered to stay away from the golf course and not possess weapons. His bail was set at $250,000.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear if he had an attorney, and family members could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s department said when they made contact with Taele on Sunday, they had determined he was being investigated by the El Segundo Police Department for robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s department said there is \u201cno credible threat to our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A jury in 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250923-man-charged-with-attempt-to-kill-trump-at-florida-golf-course-convicted-on-all-counts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">found a man guilty of trying to assassinate Trump<\/a> at the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida<\/a> country club.<\/p>\n<p>(FRANCE 24 with AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":981267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[3992,1582,276,69,2961,224,5337,2969],"class_list":["post-981266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-americas","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-donald-trump","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117040290621401635","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/981267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}