Retired police officer wearing fake ‘Interpol Department’ badge arrested outside US Capitol and mass magazine | US News

A former police officer has been arrested outside the US Capitol after he was found carrying fake badges, body armor, BB guns and ammunition including high-volume magazines.

Jerome Felipe was approached by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers after he parked near the building in Washington DC around 5 a.m. on Friday.

The 53-year-old retired New York police officer then presented a fake badge that read “Department of INTERPOL” and said he was “the agency’s crime investigator”.

Felipe, of Flint, Michigan, allowed USCP officers to search his 2017 Dodge Challenger vehicle, where they discovered a BB gun, two ballistic vests, several high-powered magazines and other ammunition. The actual gun was not found, the USCP added.

He has been taken into custody and is facing charges of unlawful possession of a large magazine and unregistered ammunition.

Investigators are still trying to determine why Felipe was parked near the building.