A Colorado man who lived near a park crafted explosives he claimed could kill everyone within 20 meters, hoping to trade the bombs and other weapons for cocaine or cash, authorities said.
Special agents with the
federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested
Richard Sandberg, 35, on Thursday morning as he was heading to work,
said Jeffrey Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Colorado.
In the afternoon, he
appeared in federal court, where he was ordered held without bond until
at least a detention hearing Tuesday.
His arrest followed an
undercover sting that revealed the suspect had an arsenal of "homemade"
improvised explosive devices and military-grade grenades in his suburban
Denver home, according to an affidavit filed by an ATF agent in federal
court.
The investigation began a
week ago, when a Denver police detective alerted an ATF agent about a
claim from a "reliable" informant.
The informant had gone to
Sandberg's house and saw "numerous hand firearms and hand grenades" the
suspect "wanted to trade ... for cocaine," according to the affidavit.
That night, an undercover
ATF agent talked over the phone with Sandberg, who said he was a former
member of a Marine special operations unit.
He claimed to have 18 M67
grenades -- which are available only in the military -- that he said
he'd sell for $300 each, the ATF agent wrote.
According to the
affidavit, Sandberg said he'd built some explosive devices with items
available at hardware stores. He said you'd need a "formula" to know how
to make them blow up -- and they had a "kill zone" of 20 meters and a
"hurt zone" of 60 meters.
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It never ceases to amaze me how the only people they find to buy these items are FBI agents. Same as every terrorist in the county goes to an FBI agent to buy explosives. If I had any mistrust of our government I might think these people are just dupes for publicity.
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I went to bed at dark and was awakened shortly to go to a corn-husking bee. A barn held a mountain of corn and all the neighbors surrounded it and let the shucks fly. Tables were full of food with a banana pudding bowl as big as a bushel basket. I couldn't eat it all but I did it serious damage.
Wish life was still like that.