India, Oct. 6 -- A New Jersey man was taken into custody in Washington, DC, after police said he was found carrying a Molotov cocktail outside a Catholic church hosting a mass tied to the opening of the Supreme Court term. Police said the man, Louis Geri, had already been banned from the church grounds, though no reason was given.

Geri, 41, of Vineland, New Jersey, was arrested around 6 a.m. Sunday on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle after officers found him camping in a tent with "suspicious" items and refusing to leave, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Inside his tent, officers reportedly found "multiple suspicious items," including liquid-filled vials and possible fireworks. The MPD's Explosive Or...