Florida man arrested after landing small helicopter on U.S. Capitol grounds

A Florida man was arrested after he landed his small helicopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, police said, violating restricted airspace and causing a security scare. Doug Hughes, 61, a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier from Ruskin, Florida, has been jailed and is facing undisclosed charges after he flew his "gyro copter" over Washington and landed on the Capitol grounds about 1:30 p.m., the U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Hughes planned to make the flight to draw attention to the issue of campaign finance reform.

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