Posted on 07/14/2021 10:22:26 AM PDT by rktman
Look, on a subject as serious as this, you probably should follow the conditions of your parole. Then again, I'm not a lawyer, this is America, and adults can make and face the consequences of their decisions. Take Thomas Robertson. He is one of the 500+ Americans who have been arrested and charged for their alleged role in the Capitol Hill riot on January 6. As a former police officer, the man owned firearms. He was told by the judge that he should refrain from buying more and turn over the ones he already possessed. Did he listen? No—he bought 34 more (via Insider): Thomas Robertson, ex-officer of the Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia, is one of the 545 people that have been arrested and charged in connection to the January 6 insurrection so far. The Washington Post was first to report the latest court filing.
Robertson, who faces four federal charges, was released from jail in January. A judge agreed to release him pending trial, but one of the conditions was that he "refrain from possessing a firearm, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon," court documents said.
But just four days after Robertson's release, authorities discovered eight firearms, including a Hawken Rifle and Smith and Wesson, at his Virginia residence, according to a motion to revoke Robertson's release order.
The FBI also searched Robertson's home and "not only found evidence that Robertson had amassed an arsenal of 34 firearms through a local [Federal Firearms License] in Roanoke, but agents also found a loaded M4 rifle, ammunition, and a partially assembled pipe bomb in Robertson's home."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
[had amassed an arsenal of 34 firearms through a local [Federal Firearms License]
Meaningless if he is a dealer. FFL’s are FEDERAL licenses.
Poorly written.
Stupid if true, and part pipe device... Wondering if this was something else and you’d have to prove that eventually on what it is and so forth.
Abode by the conditions of your release, however squirrelly.
Remember: the legitimate alternative is incarceration for the maximum allowed term.
Knowing the modern FIB, the partially assembled pipe bomb was probably a pipe from some plumbing work number nhis basement and a box of ammo in his bedroom.
Abode = abide
Translation: steel pipe and some pipe caps - and maybe some gunpowder. I hope he was a plumber - or at least a handyman. God help him if he had a drill...
What constitution?
>a partially assembled pipe bomb
He had a pipe
Some caps
Fertilizer
In his garage
Let me get this straight — he was arrested and charged, but never actually tried or convicted of anything?
If he bought the firearms through an FFL, a NICS check should have returned a "deny" due to his pending felony charges.
He also lied on his Form 4473 if he said he was not under pending charges, and should have been instantly denied by the FFL if they said he was under pending charges.
Form 4473 question 21b:
Are you under indictment or information in any court for a felony, or any other crime for which the judge could imprison you for more than one year, or are you a current member of the military who has been charged with violation(s) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and whose charge(s) have been referred to a general court-martial?
A "no" is perjury.
A “partially assembled” pipe bomb? Is that like the “partly assembled” Lego model of the Capitol building?
Four days after he was released, the FBI searched his home and found that he still had eight firearms. Clearly, the FBI wanted to catch him with guns in his possession before he had a chance to transfer possession of his guns to someone else.
They also claim that he "had amassed an arsenal of 34 firearms" but admit that he never picked them up from the gun dealer. They do not say when he purchased them, just that he subsequently told the dealer that "he couldn't have the weapons due to his release conditions," and that "the guns were still waiting for pickup."
What he did was *nothing*. The court required him to move the firearms out of his possession.
That is the court order he apparently violated.
Nope. It was a small section of pipe capped on one end and a fuse on the other. Just add explosive. He will likely go to jail for it.
Does anyone why the warrant to search was issued? What were they searching for?
Because no one ever lies on a 4473. They just don’t. :-}
So did the judge tell him he had 48 hours to divest himself of any firearms? In any case, sounds like a set up. Probably facing more serious time now than the incursion into the capital.
If you go back to the original CraPo article it lays out the story fairly well, for CraPo:
"But Judge G. Michael Harvey’s release conditions were clear: Robertson could not own any firearms, destructive devices or dangerous weapons while his case was pending. If he owned any guns, he must relocate them within two days.Days after his release, authorities found eight firearms at his home in Ferrum, Va., according to court documents. The judge gave Robertson a second chance, reminding him of his release conditions.
Then, last month, authorities found a loaded M4 carbine and a partially assembled pipe bomb while conducting an authorized search at his home, court records state. Robertson is also accused of buying 34 firearms online and “transporting them in interstate commerce while under felony indictment,” prosecutors said.
The owner of Tactical Operations, FFL broker in Roanoke...told agents Robertson had 34 firearms waiting for him at the store...Robertson said he could not keep the guns at his home because of his current bond conditions, adding that Robertson had been in the store to handle several of the weapons as recently as one week earlier."
and a partially assembled pipe bomb
= = =
My box of plumbing parts is full of these.
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