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GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A antheral identified by instrumentality enforcement arsenic the fishy who purportedly had a weapon connected a play people wherever erstwhile President Donald Trump was golfing has a grounds successful North Carolina.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, formerly of Greensboro, is accused of being connected a Trump-owned play people with an AK-47, a GoPro camera and different items, concealed successful bushes successful what officials are calling an assassination attempt. The Secret Service fired astatine the fishy but did not deed him, and helium fled the country successful a car. He was arrested successful a postulation halt connected I-95.
Routh antecedently lived successful the Greensboro country earlier moving to Hawaii sometime this year. Voter records bespeak that helium voted successful the Democratic superior successful Guilford County arsenic an unaffiliated voter. Neighbors accidental helium and his household moved to Hawaii successful May.
The North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections has records for Routh going backmost to 2002.
That year, helium barricaded himself wrong a concern with a weapon successful Greensboro, per the News & Record.
In 2003, helium was sentenced for driving without a license, carrying a concealed limb and deed and run. In 2010 helium was convicted of possessing stolen goods.
He was fixed probation for each of these charges, according to the DAC website.
North Carolina's eCourts strategy has records going backmost to 1997 for charges specified arsenic nary operator's license.
Social media posts purported to beryllium to Routh bespeak helium was a believer successful COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and helium had posted that helium had voted for Trump successful 2016 but was disappointed with him aft the fact, expressing enactment for Tulsi Gabbard successful assorted posts.
Law enforcement, however, has not released immoderate much accusation successful the case.
