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That scheme was allegedly uncovered in 2022 by undercover federal investigators in the case, as FBI agents allegedly spoke with defendants Fred Blakely, 60, and Mary Blakely, 75, in recorded conversations. According to U.S. prosecutors in Pennsylvania’s Eastern District, investigation into the defendants’ potentially fraudulent businesses in multiple states ultimately led federal agents to discover that Fred Blakely worked with his family’s pastor in Havasu (who was not named in U.S. Court documents as of Tuesday) to manufacture firearms on the pastor’s property, and distribute those weapons statewide. Neither U.S. Court documents nor federal authorities have identified that pastor as of Tuesday evening.
In a conversation recorded May 17, 2023, Mary Blakely allegedly described the weapons manufacturing operation to undercover FBI agents.
“(Fred Blakely) and the pastor have been making guns,” Mary Blakely was quoted in Romero’s argument against possible release for the defendants. “Thousands of guns. We’re arming Arizona … They’ve got a big garage. (Fred) and the pastor are making guns for the world…They’re arming America.”
Fred and Mary Blakely were both previously convicted in Nevada’s U.S. District Court in 1997 on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Both have been prohibited from possessing firearms for more than 25 years, according to court documents.
In recorded conversations, Romero says that Fred Blakely detailed “extensive, successful efforts” to straw-purchase firearms through others, acquire firearms through undocumented personal exchanges, and to build firearms himself.
“We’re gonna have to go to war with our own government,” Fred Blakely allegedly told investigators, in a conversation recorded Aug. 11, 2022. “A civil war … we know that from the higher ups. They’re trying to start a civil war … you better arm up good. I’ve got thousands of rounds of ammunition and I’m ready to rock … as a matter of fact, I’m planning on shooting some humans … when this [poop] starts.”
[As for the health fraud:]
Through multiple business operations throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah, federal officials say Mary and Fred Blakely advertised the use of sonic imaging (with the use of “smart chip” technology purportedly invented by Mary Blakely) to diagnose and possibly treat a variety of ailments including kidney stones, cancer and respiratory disorders. The defendants also allegedly prescribed holistic remedies and even veterinary medication to their patients under false labeling.
Not sure whether they should be running ATF or NIH after their pardons.
In a conversation recorded May 17, 2023, Mary Blakely allegedly described the weapons manufacturing operation to undercover FBI agents.
“(Fred Blakely) and the pastor have been making guns,” Mary Blakely was quoted in Romero’s argument against possible release for the defendants. “Thousands of guns. We’re arming Arizona … They’ve got a big garage. (Fred) and the pastor are making guns for the world…They’re arming America.”
Fred and Mary Blakely were both previously convicted in Nevada’s U.S. District Court in 1997 on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Both have been prohibited from possessing firearms for more than 25 years, according to court documents.
In recorded conversations, Romero says that Fred Blakely detailed “extensive, successful efforts” to straw-purchase firearms through others, acquire firearms through undocumented personal exchanges, and to build firearms himself.
“We’re gonna have to go to war with our own government,” Fred Blakely allegedly told investigators, in a conversation recorded Aug. 11, 2022. “A civil war … we know that from the higher ups. They’re trying to start a civil war … you better arm up good. I’ve got thousands of rounds of ammunition and I’m ready to rock … as a matter of fact, I’m planning on shooting some humans … when this [poop] starts.”
[As for the health fraud:]
Through multiple business operations throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah, federal officials say Mary and Fred Blakely advertised the use of sonic imaging (with the use of “smart chip” technology purportedly invented by Mary Blakely) to diagnose and possibly treat a variety of ailments including kidney stones, cancer and respiratory disorders. The defendants also allegedly prescribed holistic remedies and even veterinary medication to their patients under false labeling.
Not sure whether they should be running ATF or NIH after their pardons.
