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A man was arrested for trespassing on the Senate Lawn during a "tea party" rally Friday around 6:30 p.m., an official with the Department of Public Safety said.

Phoenix 'tea party' rally

Timothy R. Coomer, 39, was intimidating people in the front row of the "Feet to the Fire" tea party rally held on the Senate and House lawns at the state capitol building between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m, said DPS Officer Bob Bailey. Coomer was sitting on his bicycle in an area for the media when authorities arrived. He became belligerent when police and event organizers asked him to leave, Bailey said, and he also resisted arrest but eventually was taken into custody and booked into Fourth Avenue Jail. Coomer has been arrested before on suspicion of marijuana possession, Bailey said.

Two other people were arrested at tonight's event hosted by the Arizona chapter of Americans for Prosperity and allied tea party groups. Information on these arrests was not immediately available.



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