The 58-year-old man accused of pointing an AK-47 at former President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon has a prolific arrest record that spans several decades.
Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested shortly after the incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Authorities said Secret Service agents fired at him after seeing the muzzle of his AK-47 pointing through a chain-link fence one hole ahead of where Trump was playing.
Authorities are treating the episode as an apparent assassination attempt on Trump.
A background check on the name given by officials, Ryan Wesley Routh, revealed that he currently lives in Hawaii and has faced dozens of run-ins with police, stretching back to at least the 1990s.
Routh is a native of North Carolina, where his list of arrests includes simple drug possession, driving without a license, expired inspection and operating a vehicle with no insurance. In addition, the Greensboro News & Record reported in 2002 that Routh was arrested after barricading himself in his roofing company’s office during a three-hour standoff that followed a traffic stop in which he put his hand on a gun before fleeing.
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I believe this stooge is possibly a government plant/agent. Once again, far too many questions than answers. Hope the State of Florida’s investigation gets to the truth. The FBI agent in charge in south Florida is a trump hater!
Point of order…the rifle was an SKS not an AK-47. That said, this guy was obviously groomed for the event. Who paid his way? He has no assets of his own that would get him there with airfare, weapons purchase and rental car let alone the operational intelligence to put him in the right place and time.