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    Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has had several run-ins with law — including conviction of possessing a weapon of mass destruction

    By Christopher Scarglato, David Propper,

    20 hours ago

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    Would-be Trump shooting suspect Ryan Routh had repeated run-ins with the law over the years – including a three-hour standoff with police in 2002 in which he was convicted of carrying a “weapon of mass destruction,” according to online records.

    Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after allegedly aiming a gun at former President Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach.

    More than two decades before the alleged assassination attempt, the same suspect was arrested during a three-hour standoff in a Greensboro business with authorities, according to a past report.

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    Ryan Routh, the suspected would-be assassin.

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    Routh after he was apprehended by authorities in Florida. Martin County Sheriff’s Office

    Routh, then 36, was pulled over during a traffic stop at around 10 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2002, and allegedly put his hand on a firearm and drove to United Roofing – which he owned — where he barricaded himself inside, the Greensboro News and Recorder reported at the time.

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    He was eventually taken into custody around 1 a.m. and charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction, in reference to a fully automatic machine gun he allegedly was carrying, the outlet reported.

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    Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of suspect Ryan Routh. REUTERS

    He was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction in 2002, according to online North Carolina Department of Adult Correction records.

    Routh has other convictions between 2002 and 2010 for felony possession of stolen goods and misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed gun, hit and run and resisting law enforcement, the News and Observer reported.

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    Routh hasn’t been charged yet in his alleged assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at the Republican’s golf club in Florida.

    While Trump was on the golf course, Secret Service agents were stationed a few holes ahead and noticed the muzzle of an AK-47 sticking through bushes along the course a few hundred feet away.

    An agent opened fire and Routh fled the scene before he was later captured, authorities said.

    Other legal turmoil that Routh found himself in before Sunday’s event included facing a federal tax lien in 2008 of about $32,000, according to court records reported by CNN.

    State and federal officials have repeatedly claimed he did not pay his taxes on time, the outlet reported.

    With Post wires

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    Nancy Bedell
    5h ago
    lock him up than before he kills someone
    Enigma11
    7h ago
    Looks like another one of the whiny liberals with freakish hair color! Surprised?
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