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[Sep 25] Six people were injured after a 20-year-old man tossed a backpack that exploded at a security screening area of a courthouse in Santa Maria on Wednesday, authorities said.
The suspect had been due to appear in court Wednesday to face a charge over a firearm violation, Undersheriff Craig Bonner said during a news conference.
Bonner said [Nathaniel] McGuire was at the screening station for the courthouse Wednesday morning when he tossed the bag into the building.
The suspect was wearing body armor under his jacket, Bonner said.
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[Sep 27] A 20-year-old man who authorities say set off a bomb in the lobby of a Santa Barbara County courthouse earlier this week was charged with a federal crime Friday. He intended to kill sheriff’s deputies and a superior court judge as part of his attack, according to court documents.
According to prosecutors, McGuire threw the bag and shouted, “Liberty or death.”
Authorities said they were able to catch him as he tried to get into a red Ford Mustang parked outside. As he was being taken away, he yelled the government had taken away his guns and everyone needed to fight and rebel, federal prosecutors said.
Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
He told FBI agents he intended to gather the guns and the Molotov cocktails from his car and reenter the courthouse to kill a judge, according to court records.
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[Oct 1] McGuire, 20, and a resident of Santa Maria, was charged with 10 [state] counts, including two counts of attempted murder, use of an explosive device with the intent to murder, use of an explosive device for purposes of terrorizing, use of an explosive device causing injury, multiple counts of arson with use of an accelerant, and possession of loaded firearms.
It is also believed that McGuire committed various arsons around the Santa Maria area in preparation for his attack on the courthouse, according to the complaint.
[Federal charges may also apply.]
The suspect had been due to appear in court Wednesday to face a charge over a firearm violation, Undersheriff Craig Bonner said during a news conference.
Bonner said [Nathaniel] McGuire was at the screening station for the courthouse Wednesday morning when he tossed the bag into the building.
The suspect was wearing body armor under his jacket, Bonner said.
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[Sep 27] A 20-year-old man who authorities say set off a bomb in the lobby of a Santa Barbara County courthouse earlier this week was charged with a federal crime Friday. He intended to kill sheriff’s deputies and a superior court judge as part of his attack, according to court documents.
According to prosecutors, McGuire threw the bag and shouted, “Liberty or death.”
Authorities said they were able to catch him as he tried to get into a red Ford Mustang parked outside. As he was being taken away, he yelled the government had taken away his guns and everyone needed to fight and rebel, federal prosecutors said.
Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
He told FBI agents he intended to gather the guns and the Molotov cocktails from his car and reenter the courthouse to kill a judge, according to court records.
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[Oct 1] McGuire, 20, and a resident of Santa Maria, was charged with 10 [state] counts, including two counts of attempted murder, use of an explosive device with the intent to murder, use of an explosive device for purposes of terrorizing, use of an explosive device causing injury, multiple counts of arson with use of an accelerant, and possession of loaded firearms.
It is also believed that McGuire committed various arsons around the Santa Maria area in preparation for his attack on the courthouse, according to the complaint.
[Federal charges may also apply.]
