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.

A man was arrested in Washington, D.C. after authorities said he plotted to kill prominent Republican officials with Molotov cocktails, reported The New York Times on Tuesday evening.According to the report,

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.