Texas man charged with planning to use fireworks against officers during LA protests

A Texas antheral has been charged with buying fireworks that helium allegedly planned to usage against instrumentality enforcement officers and authorities officials during caller migration protests successful California

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Texas antheral has been charged with buying fireworks that helium allegedly planned to usage against instrumentality enforcement officers and authorities officials during caller immigration protests successful California.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the territory of New Mexico announced the charges Wednesday, saying 48-year-old Grzegorz Vandenberg visited a store successful southwestern New Mexico to acquisition fireworks and asked employees for the largest explosives possible.

According to tribunal records, the antheral allegedly told store employees that helium had antecedently served successful the military's peculiar forces and could marque tube bombs. He said helium was traveling to Los Angeles for the protests and already had mortar explosives with him and was readying to usage them during the protests to termination officers.

Authorities said Vandenberg purchased six mortars, each containing 60 grams of gunpowder, and 36 ample fireworks earlier leaving the store.

Authorities utilized accusation astir the man's licence sheet fig to way him down. Court documents amusement helium was arrested the adjacent time successful Tucson, Arizona.

“This antheral allegedly intended to usage the chaotic riots successful Los Angeles arsenic an accidental to perpetrate deadly unit against instrumentality enforcement officers,” U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said successful a statement. “Threats similar these onslaught astatine the bosom of instrumentality and bid — we volition not hesitate to bring national charges against anyone who seeks to harm instrumentality enforcement oregon endanger the information of our communities.”

The lawsuit was unsealed Tuesday. Vandenberg is charged with transporting explosives successful interstate commerce with the cognition and intent that they would beryllium utilized to kill, injure oregon intimidate individuals. Authorities said helium remains successful custody and that a proceeding has yet to beryllium scheduled.

Authorities did not database a hometown for the antheral oregon accidental if the subject recognition paper that helium showed store employees was valid. Court records did not bespeak if helium had been appointed an attorney.

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