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STORY: :: Police say a man was arrested at securityfor Trump's California rally on Saturday :: October 13, 2024:: Riverside County, California :: Chad Bianco, Riverside County Sheriff"We have his name as Vem, V-E-M, Miller, M-I-L-L-E-R. And his birthdate is 10-26 (October 26) of 1974. And the reason why I gave it to you like that is I will explain later."He approached the outside perimeter, gave all indications that he belonged there, that he was, that he had, that he was a participant that was allowed to get into VIP and to and and the press corps. And so he was allowed through that outer perimeter. As he got to the inside perimeter where deputies were conducting, obviously, a more thorough evaluation of the vehicles that were coming in, there were many irregularities that popped up. The deputy noticed that the interior of the vehicle was in quite disarray. The vehicle had a an obviously fake license plate. And that prompted further investigation from our deputy into why the person was why the person was there and what he was doing. During that investigation, the deputy eventually found multiple passports with multiple names, multiple driver's license with different names. The vehicle was unregistered and the license plate was what we in law enforcement would recognize as one that is homemade and indicative of a group of individuals that claim to be sovereign citizens. And and assuming the deputy assumes that he would that he was part of that identifying group. So during the investigation, obviously, those identification documents were found in addition to a loaded handgun and a shotgun. Obviously, this was before the former president arrived. The person was taken into custody. He was eventually booked into jail on those charges. And eventually he was, he was released. He will he will have to further his court case in the in the future.""Right now, we are actively engaged in working with Secret Service and the FBI to ensure that this person is followed up on and all of the information that they can gather. I can tell you that from from my perspective, from from a state law enforcement agency's perspective, the the firearms charges is what we arrested him for and booked him on. Anything further will come from the federal government." Miller could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.The U.S. Attorney's Los Angeles office, in a statement on its web site on Sunday, also said Trump was not in danger, citing the U.S. Secret Service. The statement added that while no federal arrest had been made, an investigation was ongoing. Trump's rally on Saturday took place in the Coachella Valley, an area known for its annual music and arts festival.