13 things about Greensboro, North Carolina’s Ryan Routh

Ryan Wesley Routh is an American criminal from Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. He and his former wife Lora Routh have three children together namely Oran Routh, Sara Ellen Routh and Adam Routh.

More than 100 criminal counts have been filed against Ryan in North Carolina. Like him, Oran and Sara also have each a criminal history.

BIOGRAPHY

Aside from Greensboro, Ryan has lived in other parts of North Carolina including Julian. He is a former resident of Baldwin, Missouri, USA and he has lived in different parts of Hawaii, USA including Kaawa and Honolulu.

In February 2025, Ryan turned 59. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1989, he was convicted of possessing stolen goods, carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a stolen vehicle and his son Oran was born.
2. In 1993, his daughter Sara was born.
3. From 1995 to 1998, he studied mechanical engineering at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.
4. In 1997, his son Adam was born.
5. In 1998, he was accused of committing an offense related to a worthless check but the case was dismissed.
6. Between 2002 and 2010, he was charged and convicted of several felony offenses in Guilford County, North Carolina.
7. In 2002, he was arrested in Greensboro.
8. In 2003, Lora divorced him.
9. In 2008, he faced a federal tax lien of approximately $32,000.
10. In 2012, he was registered in North Carolina as an unaffiliated voter without a party.
11. In 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a tip that he was a felon in possession of a firearm. 
12. In 2024, he was accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
13. In 2025, he was found guilty of trying to assassinate Trump.

TIMELINE

Ryan’s legal issues go back to the 1980s, including charges for stolen goods. Between September 2019 and March 2020, he contributed more than $140 on the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.

1980s

• In September 1989, Lora gave birth to their son Oran.

1990s

• In March 1993, Lora gave birth to their daughter Sara.
• In December 1997, Lora gave birth to their son Adam.

2000s

• At around 10:00 p.m. on December 15, 2002, he was pulled over during a traffic stop but he put his hand on a fully automatic machine gun and drove to United Roofing on 1735 W. Lee Street in Greensboro where he barricaded himself.
• At 1:00 a.m. on December 16, 2002, he was arrested without incident at United Roofing on 1735 W. Lee Street in Greensboro. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, resisting, delaying and obstructing a law enforcement officer and driving while license revoked. He was later convicted and sentenced to probation on all charges.

2010s

• In May 2018, he launched Camp Box Honolulu in Kaawa.

2020s

• In May 2022, he attended a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine calling for China to help rescue Ukrainian service members from the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol, Ukraine.
• In February 2023, he self-published a book, in which he complained about how his efforts to help Ukraine were neither appreciated nor respected by the country.
• On March 7, 2023, he told Semafor that he was frustrated with the Ukrainian government, which he accused of being too rigid about admitting foreign soldiers.
• In February 2024, Lora sold their house in Greensboro for $174,000.
• On August 14, 2024, he traveled from North Carolina to West Palm Beach.
• On September 15, 2024, he was arrested after U.S. Secret Service agents saw him pointing an AK-style rifle with a scope as Trump was playing with Steve Witkoff at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
• On September 16, 2024, he appeared in court in West Palm Beach.
• On September 23, 2024, federal prosecutors revealed that prior to his arrest, he left a letter detailing his plans to assassinate Trump.
• On September 23, 2025, he tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen after a jury in Florida found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump, assaulting a U.S. Secret Service agent and three federal gun charges.
• On December 18, 2025, he will be sentenced.