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Updated on: August 4, 2026 / 7:22 PM EDT
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A man was arrested near the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles County over the weekend after authorities found ammunition and a gun inside his car, just days before the president's planned Southern California visit for a Republican National Committee event on Tuesday. In a news release shared by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputies said that plainclothes federal agents reported a suspicious individual on the property at 1 Trump National Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday afternoon."The individual was observed walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities," the release said. When deputies approached the man, who has been identified as 38-year-old Downey resident Jeanine John Taele, they determined he was already under investigation by the El Segundo Police Department for a separate incident. "Deputies detained Taele and located his vehicle in a parking lot on the golf course," the release said. "During the detention, deputies recovered a 16-round magazine containing hollow point ammunition from Taele's pants pockets."While searching his vehicle, deputies said they also recovered a loaded pistol with a round chambered and an additional loaded magazine that also had hollow point ammo. Taele was arrested and booked for carrying a concealed firearm and possession of armor-piercing/prohibited ammunition, deputies said.
