Vem Miller, a Las Vegas resident, was charged with possession of a loaded firearm and high-capacity magazine ahead of Trump's rally Saturday.

Vem Miller, the armed suspect arrested Saturday near the Trump rally in Coachella, California, seemed to have kept a low profile in his former Las Vegas neighborhood, where neighbors said they only saw the one-time Nevada Assembly candidate a handful of times in his years of living on the block.

Vem Miller, 49, of Las Vegas, told authorities he was a journalist with access to the VIP area of Trump's Coachella rally. An investigation revealed he was driving in an unregistered vehicle with a "homemade" license plate and was armed with several firearms and boxes of ammunition.