Ryan Wesley Routh, the person accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump over the weekend at his Florida golf membership, was charged with two gun-related counts in federal court docket on Monday morning.
Routh, 58, stood earlier than Magistrate Judge Ryon M. McCabe on the federal courthouse in West Plam Beach, shackled and sporting a darkish jail uniform the place he was charged with possession of a firearm whereas a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial quantity.
It arrives simply in the future after regulation enforcement officers recognized Routh as the person who aimed an AK-47-style assault rifle on the former president at Trump National Golf Club whereas Trump was taking part in a spherical of golf.
Possession of a firearm whereas a convicted felon carries a minimal sentencing of three years and a most of 15 years. It carries a most high quality of as much as $10,000.
Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial quantity carries a most sentencing of 12 months in jail and a $1,000 high quality. However, if the person is discovered to have eliminated or altered the serial quantity it’s punishable by as much as 5 years in jail with a $5,000 high quality.
Judge McCabe has set a detention listening to for September 23 and an arraignment for September 30.
Law enforcement officers say Routh was hiding in bushes, just some hundred yards away from the previous president, when Secret Service brokers noticed the butt of the gun by way of a fence.
They started to shoot towards the suspect, inflicting him to flee the scene in a car. The gunman left behind the firearm with a scope, two backpacks and a GoPro digicam on the golf membership.
Local regulation enforcement officers tracked down the Nissan SUV Routh fled in, due to a witness who took a photograph of the license plate, and apprehended Routh on I-95. He was then taken into custody.
It is unclear what the motive of the assault might have been however the Federal Bureau of Investigation is treating it as an “attempted assassination.”
Those aware of the investigation instructed The New York Times that regulation enforcement officers found the serial variety of the firearm was partially scratched which makes it tougher to find out the place it originated. It is being despatched to the FBI’s laboratory in Quantico, Virginia for additional evaluation.
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