Authorities: Tip led police to armed man at DC Trump hotel
WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania physician who sent a text message about travelling to visit the president with a carload of weapons was arrested Wednesday at the Trump International Hotel in Washington after police found an assault-style rifle and handgun in his car, authorities said.
Bryan Moles of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody at the downtown hotel, where he was staying as a guest, police said. At a news conference, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham said his department, as well as the Secret Service, received a tip from the Pennsylvania State Police at about 12:30 a.m. The tipster reported that Moles might be travelling to the Trump Hotel in Washington, armed with weapons and ammunition.
Moles, 43, checked into the hotel about 1 a.m. Authorities worked with hotel security to locate him and his car.
“I was very concerned about this circumstance,” Newsham said, “and I believe the officers and our federal partners, and in particular the tipster, averted a potential disaster here in our nation’s capital.”