Police arrested a man early Wednesday at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. after discovering an assault rifle and ammunition in his car.
The man, 43-year-old Bryan Moles, is a native of Edinboro, Pennsvlvania, according to several reports.
According to a police report obtained by TPM, one of Moles’ firearms, a Bushmaster Carbon 15 assault rifle, was sitting “in plain view” in his car. He had valeted the vehicle, the Washington Post reported. Police also found a handgun in Moles’ glove compartment and dozens of rounds of ammunition for both guns.
Dustin Sternbeck, the communications director for the Metropolitan Police Department, confirmed to TPM in an email that police would discus the arrest in a press conference at 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
Moles was charged with carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business, according to the police report. He was arrested in his room at the hotel.
Police had received a tip regarding Moles, according to the report, and acted on it at 1:51 a.m. on Wednesday.
The Secret Service released a statement on the incident later Wednesday morning:
.@SecretService statement on Trump Hotel incident pic.twitter.com/mAwM7OaCiS
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) May 31, 2017
Read the Metropolitan Police Department report below:
This post has been updated.
BUT, BUT, BUT… FREEDOM!?
I wonder what terrible crime he was trying to prevent?
Sounds as if he just hadn’t heard DC isn’t an open-carry jurisdiction. (Wait for the current congress to focus its attention on that.)
What an outrage!!! This calls for immediate presidential intervention with the Bell Captain.
Were these the guest’s private weapons or was he taking the complimentary ones left in his suite?
His name suggests that he’s probably just a Disgruntled White Guy™. I’m surprised they even bothered to arrest him.
Why aren’t they going after the terrorists and thugs that threaten our great nation instead?