A Southern California man who appeared to be interested in security precautions and had weapons was arrested at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes just days before the president was scheduled to speak there at a fundraiser, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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He had a 16-round magazine of hollow-point ammunition in his pocket, and a loaded pistol with a round in the chamber and a second hollow-point ammunition magazine in his car, parked in a lot on golf course property, which deputies searched after finding that he was under investigation by El Segundo police for robbery, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Jeanine John Teale, 38, of Downey, had been walking around the golf course taking photos and videos and “appearing to monitor security-planning activities” at the course, which the president has owned since 2002.
Plainclothes federal agents noticed Teale acting “suspicious” and reported that to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, according to that agency.
Teale was arrested Sunday on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm and possession of armor-piercing/prohibited ammunition.
At Teale’s home on Monday, Aug. 3 investigators found an illegally modified AR platform rifle, a 1911 .45-caliber pistol, an AR platform upper receiver, body armor, high-capacity magazines, bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, as well as multiple notebooks containing “concerning statements” and two radio signal devices, the Sheriff’s Department said in its news release.
Trump was scheduled to speak at a Republican National Committee dinner on the property Tuesday evening.
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Teale remained in custody on Tuesday while the investigation continued.
