Last month, police in Illinois found a firearm and homemade bombs in a man’s car. That wasn’t even the most alarming part. Later, an investigation revealed a series of far-right conspiracies including plans to start a Civil War.
Let’s start from the beginning,. Police in Pekin, Illinois pulled over 34-year-old Dalton Mattus on May 17 for a traffic violation, according The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Central Illinois. They eventually initiated a search of the vehicle after spotting something suspicious: a bag underneath his seat closed with a padlock. Police told 25 News Now that Mattus objected to the search of the vehicle, repeatedly locking the car doors to prevent their inspection.
After the cops asked what was inside the bag (and also the syringes they located near it), Mattus told the officers they needed a search warrant to continue snooping. Within a matter of hours, officers obtained the warrant. Though, we’re not sure they were prepared for what they were about to find.
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Police took the bag and let Mattus go, then obtained a warrant from a judge and opened the bag inside city hall. There, they found a .45 caliber pistol and two homemade pipe bombs rigged with BBs, evacuated the building, and called in a bomb squad from neighboring Peoria, according to local reports.
Police then went to his home and engaged in a brief standoff before arresting Mattus, according to local media. There, police say, they found three more pipe bombs.
Source: Police in Illinois Recovered Bombs From This Man’s Vehicle and Then It Gets Scary
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