Vice President Joe Biden, right, greets worker Pamela Mesolella, left, who assembles soap dispensers, during a visit at the Bobrick Washroom Equipment Factory in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 22, 2015.
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Biden will be joined at the event by Mayor Eric Garcetti and county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who led the push for the county minimum wage hike. It was not clear whether Biden was in the vicinity at the time.
The man was held in North Hollywood, near a business where Biden was to speak about raising the national minimum wage, said Los Angeles police spokesman Marlon Marrache.
Biden’s visit to the Bobrick plant was just one of his planned stops during his trip to California.
“As Vice President Biden swings through the Golden State on the taxpayer dime, people are wondering if he will challenge Hillary Clinton in the Democrat primary”, Fetalvo said. He was arrested for possession of a loaded weapon, LAPD Officer Matthew Ludwig tells KPCC.
He was arrested on suspicion of possessing a loaded weapon, with bail set at $35,000, police said.
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Larry Ira Estrin, 62, was at a vehicle checkpoint near Sherman Way and Lankershim Boulevard when a police dog screening cars with its handler signaled that it had detected a firearm, Los Angeles police said. Kyle Kirkman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood Division.
