Did Bucks County murder suspect Justin Mohn plan to carry out widespread terrorism campaign?
The Bucks County man charged with beheading his father and calling for a violent overthrow of the federal government may have also been planning an attack on federal buildings, officials said Thursday.
Justin Mohn now faces terrorism charges.
Mohn had a flash drive containing several photos of federal buildings and instructions that appear to show how to make explosive devices when he was arrested Jan. 30 on the grounds of the Army National Guard Training Center in Central Pennsylvania, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
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The office on Thursday filed additional charges against the 32-year-old Middletown man on Thursday including three counts of terrorism, possession of an instrument of crime, robbery, theft, defiant trespassing and other related offenses.
The new charges are in addition to first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and possession of an instrument of crime filed against Mohn last month. He remains in Bucks County Correctional Center without bail.
Mohn reportedly fled to the Lebanon County military installation after allegedly shooting and decapitating his father, Michael Mohn, 68, a semi-retired civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, and recording a 14-minute video calling for the murder of all federal workers and ordered followers to seize control of all federal law enforcement offices and federal courthouses.
At the Fort Indiantown Gap, Mohn allegedly climbed a barbed-wire topped fence surrounding the military base. He was quickly apprehended and told the sergeant who took him into custody that the barbed wire around the property was “not sharp enough to keep him out,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
Mohn told authorities that he went to the military base in an effort to mobilize the Pennsylvania National Guard to raise arms against the federal government and to speak with Gov. Josh Shapiro to to get him to “join forces” with him.
A search found a loaded 9 mm handgun Mohn purchased the day before in his jacket pocket, the affidavit said. Authorities say he did not have a valid license to carry a concealed firearm or valid sportsman’s permit.
Authorities obtained a search warrant Feb. 6 for the USB drive that authorities found on Mohn and located a folder titled “us army improved munitions handbook” that included several pictures of federal buildings along with instructions appearing to show the steps needed to make explosive devices, the affidavit said.
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