Capitol police arrest man with knives in truck painted with swastika near DNC headquarters in Washington

The U.S. Capitol Police on Monday arrested a man from California found with multiple knives inside his truck parked outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Around midnight, a Capitol Police officer out on patrol noticed a Dodge Dakota pickup truck "with a swastika and other white supremacist symbols painted on it," the department said in a statement. The truck did not have a license plate.  U.S. Capitol Police say they arrested Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California, near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., early Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Craighead's Dodge Dakota pickup truck had multiple knives inside, and a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it, police say. (Photo: U.S. Capitol Police) (U.S. Capitol Police) U.S. Capitol Police say they arrested Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California, near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., early Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Craighead's Dodge Dakota pickup truck had multiple knives inside, and a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it, police say. (Photo: U.S. Capitol Police) (U.S. Capitol Police) U.S. Capitol Police say they arrested Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California, near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., early Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Craighead's Dodge Dakota pickup truck had multiple knives inside, and a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it, police say. (Photo: U.S. Capitol Police) (U.S. Capitol Police) U.S. Capitol Police say they arrested Donald Craighead, 44, of Oceanside, California, near the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., early Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Craighead's Dodge Dakota pickup truck had multiple knives inside, and a swastika and other White supremacist symbols painted on it, police say. (Photo: U.S. Capitol Police) (U.S. Capitol Police) Instead, a picture of an American flag was placed where the license plate should have been. The officer pulled over the truck along the 500 block of South Capitol Street, SW, and noticed a bayonet and machete, which are illegal in Washington, D.C., inside, police said.