Man Accused of Breaking Through U.S. Capitol Barricade Faces Psychiatric Evaluation
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A Maryland man accused of running through the U.S. Capitol with a loaded handgun appeared in court Tuesday but will undergo days of psychiatric evaluation and treatment before his arraignment.
Federal prosecutors said Carlos Greene, 20, should be considered a flight risk because he was on parole for assaulting a police officer and on probation in Maryland for unspecified charges. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola ordered Greene held until a hearing Friday.
Greene, from Silver Spring, Md., spoke only briefly, thanking the judge on his way out of the courtroom.
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Prosecutors said Greene led police on a car chase and nearly hit two pedestrians Monday before crashing on the Capitol grounds. After a foot chase through the Capitol, he tried to grab a shotgun from a police officer before being subdued, authorities said.
Police said he had a loaded handgun and crack cocaine when he was arrested.
It was the worst breach of Capitol security since a gunman killed two police officers in 1998.
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Greene friends and family who came to court said the case was being overblown. They said he probably was intoxicated and didn't know what he was doing.