Editors Note: The following press release is directly from ATF. Regular readers of AmmoLand News know our stance on the unaccountable Federal Agency: No comment. We invite our readers to leave their hard-hitting insights in the comments below.
CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was charged today with possessing destructive devices, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Robert J. Moser, 31, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, was charged by complaint with one count of possessing destructive devices. He is scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Skahill in Camden federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
On March 17, law enforcement officers responded to Moser’s residence after receiving a 911 call that Moser was unconscious after a possible drug overdose. One of the officers who responded to assist Moser in his bedroom observed in plain view numerous suspicious devices covered in tape with exposed fuses. Officers secured the scene and recovered at least two destructive devices. One of the destructive devices contained explosive powder, metal ball bearings and metal eye hooks, and a second destructive device contained explosive powder and metal dart tips.
The possession of a destructive device charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Newark Field Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Bryan Miller; officers of the Township of Hamilton Police Department, under the direction of Chief Gregory K. Ciambrone; members of the Atlantic City Police Department Bomb Squad, under the direction of Chief James A. Sarkos; and personnel from the Atlantic City Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Prosecutor William Reynolds, with the investigation leading to today’s arrest.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bender of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Camden.
The charges and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
moser.complaint.pdf (www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/moser.complaint.pdf)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of the federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
So the “authorities” saved the worthless life of a druggie who OD’d and was not only into drugs but was also involved in making improvised shrapnel bombs, and now we the taxpayers will get to pay for his rehab, room, and board for years.
And these knuckleheads seem to expect a pat on the back from those of us picking up the tab.
I find it ironic that the news is always covering the F and E, but I dont recall A or T getting much attention. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms. Sounds more like a one stop place to shop, than a ‘weaponized’ government agency. One thing for sure, they are NOT a part of the legislative branch of our government!
What a dumb bass. It’s all just fun and games until somebody goes to prison for ten years.
A gold star and a get out of jail free card.
They have elaborate imagination. Even a 4th of July bottle rocket can be investigated and “probed”.
If you’re going to make stuff like that, don’t leave it laying around in plain sight! Another one earns a a Darwin Award and Dumb Crook of the month award! Stuff for brains!
Apparently the clowns at the ATF overlooked some explosives in Pennsylvania .
They had no warrant. Why were they there?
That is a EMS job. Not a police job. Charge those officers with trespassing.
F atf! Publish their home addresses
I would think a good attorney would take off after BATF on thegrounds that the officer seizing that stuff had no warrant to search the premises. He was there on an aid call. Not suspicion of crime. a copper making a traffic stop can’t enter the vehicle and then seize any item until he has probable cause (he can see it lying on the floor when looking through a window) Until he has a warrant he can’t go snooping or “observing”. And anything he happens to observe once inside the protected by Fifth oremises cannot be admitted into evidence nor… Read more »