Man arrested near 'No Kings' protest allegedly had stash of pipe bombs at home

A West Chester, Pennsylvania, antheral arrested adjacent a "No Kings" protestation connected Saturday has allegedly been recovered to beryllium successful possession of 7 tube bombs astatine his home, according to police.

The West Chester Police Department said 31-year-old Kevin Krebs was arrested connected Saturday aft members of the nationalist told officers a antheral with a concealed limb was walking adjacent a large rally successful Chester County, 1 of respective held successful communities crossed the state to protestation President Donald Trump.

When officers identified the suspect, they stopped and questioned him earlier allegedly discovering helium was successful possession of a firearm without having a concealed transportation permit.

Court documents obtained by FOX 29 successful Philadelphia allege Krebs was successful possession of a fully-loaded SIG Sauer handgun, knives and ammunition.

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Police successful West Chester, Pennsylvania, arrested Kevin Krebs aft helium was allegedly recovered to beryllium successful possession of a loaded handgun without a permit, adjacent a "No Kings" rally. (West Chester Police Department)

On Monday, the presumption reported, instrumentality enforcement officials executed a hunt warrant astatine Krebs’ home, wherever helium lives with his brother.

Detectives allegedly discovered a tube weaponry during the search, forcing authorities to permission the location and telephone successful further resources, including the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), section instrumentality enforcement agencies, firefighters and EMS, and the Montgomery County weaponry squad.

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A mechanical limb weaponry disposal robot portion is often utilized by instrumentality enforcement to grip tube bombs. (Getty Images)

The weaponry squad reportedly utilized a robot to grip the tube bombs, and erstwhile the location was afloat searched, a full of 7 pipe bombs were allegedly found.

Investigators besides discovered an AR-15, agelong gun, skis mask, subject helmet, and subject gloves successful Krebs’ vehicle, which was parked conscionable a fewer blocks from the protestation connected Saturday.

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Kevin Krebs was arrested by constabulary successful West Chester, Pennsylvania. (@Antiweakdad/X via FOX 29)

When questioned, Krebs allegedly told detectives "he wanted to spell protestation peacefully, but besides wanted to beryllium harmless due to the fact that of what helium has seen connected television."

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FOX 29 besides reported that Krebs was released connected enslaved initially, though connected Tuesday helium was taken backmost into custody connected charges yet to beryllium released.

The probe into the substance is ongoing.