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MUGSHOT RELEASED: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office releases mugshot of Ryan Wesley Routh

Routh currently faces 2 federal gun charges

During Monday's eight-minute hearing, a stoic Routh told the court he is indigent and is being represented by a public defender

By: Samantha Roesler

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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, had his mugshot released Wednesday by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

Routh is currently facing two charges: possession of a firearm by a convicted felon along with possession and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

Officials said that Routh answered in the affirmative when officers asked him if he knew why he was being stopped. The vehicle was stopped at about 2:14 p.m. on northbound Interstate 95 in Martin County.

The license plate on the Nissan SUV in which Routh was stopped was registered to a 2012 Ford truck that had been reported stolen, according to authorities.

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