Missouri: St. Peters Man Planned to Attack Protesters, Cops With Grenades, IEDs, Police Say


A St. Peters man has been charged with multiple felonies after police found several explosive devices he’d hidden on a rural road in north O’Fallon, acting on a tip from his friends that he planned to use them in a large-scale attack on Black Lives Matter protesters as well as the military and police.

KSDK reports that Cameron Swoboda, 25, of Suncrest Drive in St. Peters, has been charged with three felony counts of unlawful possession, transport, manufacture, repair or sale of an illegal weapon, with a bail amount set at $50,000 cash-only.

Police reportedly found two pipe bombs, six grenades and a landmine that had been made with a 3D printer. The explosives had been tampered with to add BBs, police say, likely to increase the amount of shrapnel and cause more harm.

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Source: RFT