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No guns or ammunition were found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been charged with one felony count of making criminal threats, one felony count of possessing brass knuckles, one felony count of possessing a dirk or dagger, and one misdemeanor count of possessing a large-capacity magazine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is being held without bail, which prosecutors said was necessary \u201cbased on the serious danger he poses to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect was arrested one day after a mass shooting at a Catholic elementary school in Minneapolis left two children dead and 21 others wounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who claimed to be the \u201cAngel of Death\u201d and threatened to \u201cdo the Lord\u2019s reaping\u201d at a Catholic monastery in California has been ordered held without bail after investigators found him carrying high-capacity magazines, brass knuckles, a sword, and other tactical gear, prosecutors said. 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