Man arrested on I-68 was driving 130 mph, says he was late for dinner with Trump
PRESTON COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) - West Virginia State Police said a man arrested on Interstate 68 Wednesday was pulled over for driving 130 mph and told a trooper he was late for a dinner with President Trump.
The man, identified as Eric Leonard Charron, 42, of Kansas City, Mo., also reported he had “special hearing” that would tell him to do bad things when he arrived at the White House or the Pentagon, according to a criminal complaint filed in Preston County Magistrate Court.
State Police said he had a handgun, 300 rounds of ammunition and gunpowder in the vehicle.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Preston County Magistrate Court, the man had a handgun, 300 rounds of ammunition and gunpowder in his car. The credible threat turned a traffic stop into a national incident involving the FBI and Secret Service.
The man said he was invited by Trump and also had to travel to the Pentagon to meet with a leader of the U.S. Army to return a phone.
According to the court documents, the trooper asked Charron if he had any explosives and he responded, “not a whole lot.” The trooper said if he was going to see the president why he would be traveling with a gun and explosives, and the man explained he wanted to give the gun and explosives to Trump.
When troopers tried to open the trunk, the man said he tampered with it “to keep the CIA from listening to him through the radio.”
The report says that the man’s pupils were dilated and he admitted to recently smoking methamphetamine. He claimed since leaving Kansas City he hadn’t stopped driving for nearly 13 hours.
No explosives were ultimately found but they did locate manuscripts in Charron’s handwriting discussing subjects like time travel, levitating watercraft and the “Chupacabra.”
Charron is being held on $10,000 bond.