A 25-year-old woman carrying a baseball bat \u201cbecame combative\u201d Friday, biting one of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers.
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\nA 25-year-old woman carrying a baseball bat \u201cbecame combative\u201d Friday, biting one of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officers. The suspect, identified by police as Olivia Romero, \u201cappeared agitated\u201d and \u201cstarted yelling\u201d when she was approached by Capitol Police officers near the Capitol\u2019s West Front at around 9:30 am, according to The Hill. \u201cWhen she raised the bat, the officers attempted to take it. In that moment, the woman became combative and bit one of the officers,\u201d the USCP said, The Hill reported. She is currently in custody and charges are pending, according to the outlet. The Friday incident became the latest in a series of security scares near the Capitol since the Jan.6 riots. The USCP arrested a man Sept.13 armed with a machete and bayonet outside Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters. The suspect did not have a license plate on his vehicle, which displayed a swastika and \u201cother white supremacist symbols\u201d on its side. The arrested driver described himself as \u201con patrol.\u201d In an early April attack, a man rammed his car into a police barricade at the Capitol, killing one police officer and injuring another. The deadly attack\u2019s suspect, Noah Green, reportedly had a \u201clarge knife\u201d and charged the officers and then was shot to death.<\/p>\n