A Nokomis man is facing a slew of charges after deputies found him in possession with stolen explosives from the U.S. Army.
A bomb technician with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office testified that officers were called to a home on Mount Pleasant Road in Nokomis to serve a court order for temporary detention for mental health evaluation, called a Baker Act, for Reed DeSario.
The order came after a tenant who lived upstairs told law enforcement DeSario threatened him with a firearm. As DeSario was taken into custody, animal control officers came to retrieve his dogs. That’s when officers noticed a suspicious device with switches and wiring.
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Source: ABC7 News