Man who caused National Mall closure is sentenced

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A 66-year-old former Arizona man was sentenced to a year probation after police found him near the National Mall with weapons in his vehicle.

Police arrest James M. Patock after they said they found three rifles and a pistol inside his vehicle, which was parked in a handicapped spot near the National Air and Space Museum. He told police he had been living in his trailer in the D.C. area for several weeks and had a right to keep his guns in his home.

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