{"id":452745,"date":"2026-10-01T02:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T02:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T02:54:12","slug":"man-nabbed-by-officers-after-planning-violent-attack-on-texas-state-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452745\/","title":{"rendered":"Man nabbed by officers after planning &#8216;violent attack&#8217; on Texas state capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas Capitol, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement that it received \u201ccredible information about an individual planning a violent attack\u201d for Thursday in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>The tip came in Tuesday evening, and SWAT officers made the arrest about 3 a.m. Wednesday at a residence in Converse, near San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41075978\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/texas-state-captol-building-austin-143230478.jpg\" alt=\"The Texas State Capitol building in Austin, Texas, featuring its prominent dome bathed in golden light against a blue sky with the Texas state flag flying.\" class=\"wp-image-41075978\"\/>SWAT officers made the arrest about 3 a.m. Wednesday at a residence in Converse, near San Antonio. pabrady63 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>Benny Caldera Jr. could face charges including felony terroristic threat against a public servant, the DPS statement said. <\/p>\n<p>He was jailed and then released on a $75,000 bond, according to the online case docket.<\/p>\n<p>Messages were left seeking comment from John Bunk, an attorney listed for Caldera.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not provide details about the alleged plot, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.18381503;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41075972\" width=\"698\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-listens-142349436.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to a question from the press during his Wichita Falls Affordability Stop.\" class=\"wp-image-41075972\"\/>\u201cTexas will NOT tolerate threats of violence against our Capitol,\u201d Texas governor Greg Abbott said in a statement on social media. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>DPS notified state lawmakers about the threat and arrest early Wednesday. The Capitol remained open during regular operating hours.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Senate Secretary Patsy Spaw said in a notice that there will be increased security at the Capitol during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott said the state DPS was assisted by the FBI in making the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas will NOT tolerate threats of violence against our Capitol,\u201d the governor said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 40-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of plotting to attack the Texas Capitol, authorities said.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4028,30480,155638,27,29,28,734],"class_list":["post-452745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arrests","tag-attacks","tag-swat-teams","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}