Feds: ‘Ex-Marine’ with ‘right-wing’ manifesto built bombs for cocaine, hoarded assault weapons

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A Colorado man, who said that he was an ex-Marine and claimed a “right-wing declaration of independence/constitutionalist political manifesto,” built improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to trade for cocaine and hoarded several military-style assault weapons that may have been converted to machine guns, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.

According to an affidavit, federal agents with the Bureau of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided the home of Richard Lawrence Sandberg in Jefferson County on Thursday after he provided an undercover agent with homemade bombs.

After receiving a tip from a Denver Police Department detective, ATF Special Agent Shane Abraham contacted Sandberg and told him he needed an explosive device to protect a building. Sandberg, who claimed to be “former Special Ops Recon SS Marine Corps,” allegedly said that he was in possession of “incendiary” or “napalm” explosives, but the devices were wrong for the job. The suspect then recommended a “frag” — or fragmentation device — and suggested that he could provide something that was also waterproof.

Sandberg claimed that the kill zone for his “frags” was 20-meters and the hurt zone was 60-meters, the affidavit said. He called his IEDs “homemade ######” that were built with materials from Home Depot and were “life or death.” The suspect said that he also had 18 military-grade M67 fragmentation hand grenades, but would only sell five.

During their first meeting on Tuesday, Sandberg told Abraham that he had built claymore explosives with glass shrapnel while serving in war zones, and that the shrapnel could not be detected in bodies of the victims. The affidavit said that Sandberg “claimed a right-wing declaration of independence/constitutionalist political manifesto” and worried that the Obama administration’s current gun safety push was an effort to take away his guns.

Sandberg explained to Abraham that he was ready to die and that an Marine Special Forces Reconnaissance team would need to take him out because civilian SWAT teams did not have the capability. He showed the ATF agent Kevlar ballistic panels and iron doors with “gun turret/cut outs” that he used to fortify his home in case of a siege. Sandberg said that he was in possession of a Berretta pistol, an H&K .45 pistol, an AR-15 5.56 mm rifle and a .50-caliber rifle. And he suggested that at least one of the weapons had been illegally converted into a fully-automatic machine gun.

“Sandberg also stated that he was in possession of several thousand rounds of ammunition and also in possession of uranium-tipped, armor-piercing ammunition,” the affidavit noted.

ATF Explosives Enforcement Officer Gary Smith Certified Explosives Specialist Matthew Traver determined that three sample devices obtained from Sandberg qualified as destructive devices under federal law.

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Sandberg faced an initial charge of “one count of possession of a firearm (which includes explosive devices) which is not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record,” the statement said. Additional charges could be forthcoming.

Source: Raw Story (http://s.tt/1yWeN)

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

i'm betting he's not really a former marine.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i'm betting he's not really a former marine.

There is no such thing as a "former" Marine.

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

There is no such thing as a "former" Marine.

so you agree with me then.

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I wonder if it's this guy.

http://quantumdot.lanl.gov/sandberg.shtml

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

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A Colorado man, who said that he was an ex-Marine and claimed a "right-wing declaration of independence/constitutionalist political manifesto," built improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to trade for cocaine and hoarded several military-style assault weapons that may have been converted to machine guns, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.

According to an affidavit, federal agents with the Bureau of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided the home of Richard Lawrence Sandberg in Jefferson County on Thursday after he provided an undercover agent with homemade bombs.

After receiving a tip from a Denver Police Department detective, ATF Special Agent Shane Abraham contacted Sandberg and told him he needed an explosive device to protect a building. Sandberg, who claimed to be "former Special Ops Recon SS Marine Corps," allegedly said that he was in possession of "incendiary" or "napalm" explosives, but the devices were wrong for the job. The suspect then recommended a "frag" — or fragmentation device — and suggested that he could provide something that was also waterproof.

Sandberg claimed that the kill zone for his "frags" was 20-meters and the hurt zone was 60-meters, the affidavit said. He called his IEDs "homemade ######" that were built with materials from Home Depot and were "life or death." The suspect said that he also had 18 military-grade M67 fragmentation hand grenades, but would only sell five.

During their first meeting on Tuesday, Sandberg told Abraham that he had built claymore explosives with glass shrapnel while serving in war zones, and that the shrapnel could not be detected in bodies of the victims. The affidavit said that Sandberg "claimed a right-wing declaration of independence/constitutionalist political manifesto" and worried that the Obama administration's current gun safety push was an effort to take away his guns.

Sandberg explained to Abraham that he was ready to die and that an Marine Special Forces Reconnaissance team would need to take him out because civilian SWAT teams did not have the capability. He showed the ATF agent Kevlar ballistic panels and iron doors with "gun turret/cut outs" that he used to fortify his home in case of a siege. Sandberg said that he was in possession of a Berretta pistol, an H&K .45 pistol, an AR-15 5.56 mm rifle and a .50-caliber rifle. And he suggested that at least one of the weapons had been illegally converted into a fully-automatic machine gun.

"Sandberg also stated that he was in possession of several thousand rounds of ammunition and also in possession of uranium-tipped, armor-piercing ammunition," the affidavit noted.

ATF Explosives Enforcement Officer Gary Smith Certified Explosives Specialist Matthew Traver determined that three sample devices obtained from Sandberg qualified as destructive devices under federal law.

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Sandberg faced an initial charge of "one count of possession of a firearm (which includes explosive devices) which is not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record," the statement said. Additional charges could be forthcoming.

Source: Raw Story (http://s.tt/1yWeN)

Looks like the bomb ban is not working

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Looks like the bomb ban is not working

hey i thought your wife told you to stop playing on vj and go do some chores. chop chop!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

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hey i thought your wife told you to stop playing on vj and go do some chores. chop chop!

He should make me a sammich while he's up.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

i'm betting he's not really a former marine.

I am thinking we just need to ban Marines and stop teaching our military how to kill people and break things. Seems reasonable to me. The Marines are the smallest armed force so we would really only be banning a few of the military, not all of them and the rest do not need to know how to kill us. They should be for sport only.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I am thinking we just need to ban Marines and stop teaching our military how to kill people and break things. Seems reasonable to me. The Marines are the smallest armed force so we would really only be banning a few of the military, not all of them and the rest do not need to know how to kill us. They should be for sport only.

Oswald was a Marine. How many more have to die before we take action. It might not stop murders but it is a start.

Just for the record he was married to a RUB woman. Not sure but I may be on to something there