Former NYPD officer arrested at U.S. Capitol with ammo, BB gun and body armor

A retired NYPD officer was arrested Friday at the U.S. Capitol with a fake badge, a BB gun, body armor, high capacity magazines and other ammunition, authorities said.

The early-morning arrest at the same site as the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection happened at about 5 a.m. when a U.S. Capitol Police patrol officer started talking to a man who had parked his 2017 Dodge Challenger near Peace Circle, on the West side of the Capitol building, officials said.

Jerome Felipe, who retired from the NYPD in 2018, flashed a fake badge that said “Department of the INTERPOL” and made a false statement that he was a criminal investigator with the agency, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.

Felipe insisted in an interview with the Daily News that the bizarre incident was a misunderstanding and that he shouldn’t have been slapped with “bullsh--” charges of unlawful possession of high capacity magazines and unregistered ammo.

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