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Pennsylvania Doctor Arrested for Guns at Trump Hotel in Washington

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WASHINGTON — Last week, Pennsylvania emergency room doctor Bryan Moles posted a query on his Facebook page: "If you had to choose between a Hilton Hotel and a Trump hotel, which would you choose and why?"

It wasn't clear why he was asking but it appears that Moles, 43, chose the latter. And early Wednesday morning, he was arrested at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., for having an AR-15 assault rifle , a .40-caliber handgun and 90 rounds of ammunition in his car.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Peter Newsham said at an afternoon news conference that authorities "averted a potential disaster here in our nation's capital."

But the Secret Service said that an interview with Moles revealed "he posed no immediate threat" to anyone under the agency's protection.

Officials said Moles has given conflicting information about why he traveled to Washington and why he was armed but there's no indication he intended to harm anyone and apparently stayed at the Trump hotel to show support for the president.




Washington Police Chief Peter Newsham, accompanied by Mayor Muriel Bowser, speaks to reporters in Washington on May 31, 2017, after a Pennsylvania physician who was behaving suspiciously and had made threatening remarks was arrested at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.