Retired cop, 53, arrested outside of US Capitol with BB gun, body armor, ammunition and a fake badge reading ‘Interpol’
A RETIRED police officer has been arrested outside the US Capitol after he was found with a BB gun and a fake badge on Friday morning.
The ex-cop was identified as Jermone Felipe, 53, who retired from the New York City Police Department in November 2018, the NYPD told .
US Capitol officials arrested Felipe at around 5am on Friday after an officer found him parked in a 2017 Dodge Charger near Peace Circle, on the west side of the Capitol.
The native presented a fake badge to Capitol police officers that read, "Department of the INTERPOL,"; Capitol Police said in a statement.
“Felipe also made a statement that he was a criminal investigator with the agency,” Capitol police said.
Felipe allowed officers to search his vehicle, where they found a BB gun, two ballistic vests, several high capacity magazines, and other ammunition in the car, cops said.
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Police are currently investigating the reason why the man was there.
Felipe is facing charges for unlawful possession of high-capacity magazines and unregistered ammo.
A spokesperson for the NYPD told CNBC that they are fully cooperating with the US Capitol in their investigation.
According to the outlet, citing an online database maintained by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Service, Felipe was "removed" from the NYPD in November 2018.
The information states that the 53-year-old's removal was pursuant to a regulation related to “an employee’s resignation or retirement while a disciplinary process has commenced,” CNBC reported.
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Felipe's arrest comes after US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger told a Senate panel in January that he sees the need for a new protective agency within the force to investigate and respond to rising threats.
Manger's remarks came on the eve of the anniversary of the deadly .
"One of the ways that I believe that we need to expand our protection capabilities is to take our intelligence responsibilities and make those investigatory and intelligence responsibilities, and create a new bureau — have a new assistant chief," Manger told a Senate panel at the time.
"Our dignitary protection and protection responsibilities have grown. The workload has increased."
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