His investigative instincts led to the arrest of someone who could have potentially caused great harm,” Sheriff Bill Waybourn said.

A man barricaded himself in a shed and set it on fire after throwing unlit Molotov cocktails at home while two people were inside.

Police stopped a person claiming to have a Molotov cocktail and a knife near the East Plaza of the Capitol Building on Monday afternoon.

A suspect who claimed to have a knife and a Molotov cocktail was taken into custody at the U.S. Capitol Monday afternoon, U.S. Capitol Police said. After 3 p.m., officers stopped the suspect on the East Plaza near the ramp to the south entrance,

A person claiming to have a Molotov cocktail and a knife was stopped on the East Plaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on Monday, according to the Capitol police.

A man claiming to have a Molotov cocktail and a knife was stopped at the entrance of the capitol, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.