A man armed with weapons and fake press and VIP passes was arrested by authorities on Saturday at a campaign rally in California by Donald Trump.

The suspect, identified as Vem Miller, was intercepted by police at a checkpoint about a half-mile from an entrance to the rally in Coachella Valley, California, shortly before the rally began, police said Sunday.

“We probably stopped another assassination attempt,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said, adding that Miller had plans to kill Trump.

Police said Miller had a loaded shotgun, pistol and high-capacity magazine and was believed to be a member of a right-wing anti-government organization.

He has a master’s degree from UCLA and ran for the Nevada State Assembly in 2022. Bianco said Miller considers himself a so-called sovereign citizen, a group of people who do not believe they are subject to government statutes unless they agree to them.

Bianco said Miller’s ID was enough to raise suspicion among local rally security. “They were different enough to alert emergency services,” he said, according to police Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Miller was cited for possession of a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine — and was released after posting $5,000 bail, police records show.

The Secret Service released a statement saying the arrest had been reviewed: “The incident had no impact on protective operations. The Secret Service extends its gratitude to the deputies and community partners who helped secure last night’s events.”

Sheriff Bianco told the newspaper he did not expect a third attempt on Trump’s life, following a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July, when Trump was shot with an assassin, and the arrest of a man with a gun who was hiding in the bushes near Trump’s house. Palm Beach Golf Course in September.

“I thought it wouldn’t happen in Riverside County,” Bianco said. “We don’t have the same sick problems and violent protests that we have in Los Angeles. We are better than that. Go figure.”

Bianco said U.S. Secret Service officials said his department “went above and beyond” in their efforts to protect Trump and others who attended the meeting.

Bianco also said the FBI is questioning another man after bomb detection dogs “repeatedly” identified him as potentially dangerous. That man was not allowed to participate in the demonstration, Bianco said.

Miller is scheduled to appear at the Indio Larson Justice Center on January 2, 2025, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s inmate database.