WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Pennsylvania doctor learned his fate on Friday after authorities found a semi-automatic pistol and an AR-15-style rifle in the car he parked last year at the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington.

Bryan D. Moles, 44, of Edinboro, Pa, was sentenced to four years of probation during a hearing in federal court on Friday. 

Moles previously pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia to a charge of carrying a pistol without a license.

As part of the plea, the government agreed to dismiss a federal firearms charge that was included in an indictment returned in June 2017.

The plea agreement also called for Moles to forfeit various firearms recovered from the car as well as from his home in Pennsylvania.

In sentencing memorandums, prosecutors argued that Moles had already served nearly15 months in prison pending trial and sentencing. In addition, prosecutors said the crime was " in large part a
consequence of his untreated mental illness and substance abuse issues." 

As part of the sentence, they recommend that Moles be mandated to receive mental health counseling. 

Moles, whose state medical license was last issued in Greenville, Pennsylvania, was placed on leave from his practice at UPMC in May of last year before the incident in Washington.

Investigators say Moles put a .40 caliber pistol and Bushmaster rifle in his car before driving from his Edinboro home to the District of Columbia on May 30, 2017.

The pistol was in an unlocked glove compartment and the rifle was in an unlocked rifle case in the rear hatchback. At the time of his trip, Moles had been a regular user of marijuana for at least the prior month, according to investigators.

Moles parked the car at the Trump International Hotel early in the morning of May 31.

He informed hotel staff that he had firearms in the car and checked in as a hotel guest. Law enforcement agents later knocked on the door to his hotel room.

After Moles let the agents inside, he told them that he admitted that he brought two firearms to Washington and said that he self-medicated with marijuana. Agents found marijuana and a vaporizer smoking device in the bathroom of the hotel room.

Moles was released from custody on June 2, 2017, but his pretrial release was revoked on June 15, 2017, after the judge determined he had violated his release conditions. 

Under District of Columbia law, Moles would have been ineligible to obtain a license to carry a firearm due to his use of marijuana.