Arrest at a high-profile DC dinner: suspect pleads not guilty in federal court

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly rushed a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with multiple firearms and knives, was arrested after a gunfight with a Secret Service officer, and pleaded not guilty to four federal counts including attempting to assassinate the president; prosecutors later charged him in the shooting of a Secret Service agent. He traveled from California, is held without bond, and faces a June 29 hearing as the case moves toward discovery and further proceedings.