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Philan Tam Duy Le, a California man charged with attempted possession of a prohibited weapon after authorities say he transported a guillotine in a pickup and parked it near the Supreme Court, was released by a judge who cited his cooperation and lack of prior criminal history; prosecutors had sought to keep him jailed, and his next court date is in September.
A California man, Philan-Tam-Duy Le, was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge after police found a 10-foot wooden guillotine in the back of a Toyota Tacoma parked near the US Capitol. Le pleaded not guilty to attempted possession of a prohibited weapon; prosecutors sought to keep him jailed, but a DC Superior Court judge released him. The judge acknowledged the device’s seriousness yet noted Le did not threaten anyone, flee, or act violently. Investigators are probing Le’s motives and background, and his brother described him as a free spirit with the guillotine potentially serving as a symbol of disapproval.
A California man, Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol after police found a large guillotine in the bed of his pickup and charged him with carrying a dangerous weapon as investigators review his motive; the suspect’s brother described the device as a symbol of disapproval.
Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, California, was arrested near the U.S. Capitol after driving cross-country from California with a guillotine in the bed of his pickup; Capitol Police charged him with carrying a dangerous weapon as investigators probe his motive, noting the arrest occurred along East Capitol Street near the Supreme Court while Congress was in recess. Le’s brother described the guillotine as a symbol of disapproval toward both parties, and CNN has not yet reached Le for comment.
Capitol Police arrested 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le of San Diego County after a guillotine was found in the bed of a pickup near the U.S. Supreme Court; his family says the device was meant as a symbolic protest rather than a threat, and investigators are reviewing his background and motives as he traveled from California.
Capitol Police arrested 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le from Julian, California after finding a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck near the Capitol. He faces charges of carrying a dangerous weapon and possessing the guillotine, with investigators reviewing his background and motives for traveling to Washington during Congress’s recess.
The U.S. Capitol Police arrested 35-year-old Philan-Tam-Duy Le from Julian, California after spotting a guillotine in the bed of his pickup and illegally parking it near the Supreme Court, charging him with carrying a dangerous weapon.
A California man was arrested near the U.S. Capitol after authorities found a guillotine inside his pickup truck, raising questions about motive and public safety.
A couple from India, who had been worshipping the god Shiva at an improvised temple on their property, committed suicide by decapitating themselves with a homemade guillotine rigged to roll their heads directly into a fire altar as a form of human sacrifice. The couple's two children found their headless torsos when they returned home from visiting their uncle in a nearby village. The case is being investigated as an accidental death, and the victims' bodies were sent to a coroner's office to undergo autopsies.
An Indian couple allegedly died by suicide using a homemade guillotine-like mechanism to decapitate themselves in a sacrificial ritual on their farm in Gujarat. The couple apparently designed the device in such a way that their heads would roll into a fire altar, completing their sacrificial ritual. Police found a suicide note addressed to family members and have launched an investigation. Ritual human sacrifices are not unknown in India, but almost all known cases involve people killing others to please gods, rather than themselves.
An Indian couple allegedly used a homemade guillotine-like mechanism to behead themselves in a sacrificial ritual using fire as a sacred element in Hinduism. Police found a suicide note addressed to family members and have launched an investigation. While ritual human sacrifices are not uncommon in India, almost all known cases involve people killing others to please gods, rather than themselves.