Son of Former VT GOP Chair Charged After Pipe Bombs, 'White Power' Rifle Discovered

[Nevilledog]

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Jeff Sharlet
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Son of former VT GOP chair arrested w/ arsenal, including bomb-making material & a "White Power" assault rifle, after informant warns of plans to kill Black people & Democrats, which he openly admits to police, anticipating civil war.

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Wilder Man Charged After Pipe Bombs, 'White Power' Rifle Discovered
A man charged with making pipe bombs in his mother's house in Wilder owned Nazi paraphernalia and spoke about killing Black people and Democrats, federal...
9:41 AM · Apr 15, 2022

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wilder-man-charged-after-pipe-bombs-white-power-rifle-discovered/Content?oid=35347757

A man charged with making pipe bombs in his mother's house in Wilder owned Nazi paraphernalia and spoke about killing Black people and Democrats, federal prosecutors allege.

The U.S. Attorney's Office charged William Hillard, 51, on Thursday with illegally possessing an explosive device and a firearm. The federal complaint followed a raid of the house on Wednesday by local, state and federal authorities, during which they found a semiautomatic rifle adorned with "WHITE POWER" and skull stickers.

Hillard cannot legally possess firearms due to a 1997 felony conviction in New Hampshire for possessing an explosive device. Hillard told police that he amassed the weaponry to protect himself from "Antifa" or "other Democrat-affiliated extremist groups," in anticipation of "societal unrest," court papers state.

At a detention hearing on Friday, Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered Hillard held in prison pending trial. Hillard, through assistant federal defender Sara Puls, asked to remain at home with his mother. Puls said Hillard disputed allegations that he had made threats to anyone but was willing to undergo a mental health assessment.

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[Aristus]

1. Vermont? Really? Wouldn't Mississippi have been more this guy's speed?

In Mississippi, they would have given this guy a medal and a parade, not criminal charges.

[empedocles]

2. Vermont is changing

[bucolic_frolic]

3. To people like that, Jan 6 was just pageantry before the crusade

[Carlitos Brigante]

4. Hey, hey, hey!!! Whatever you do. Stop calling these people racist!!! nt

[Jm7603]

5. Amazing how many of these guys live in their

Mother's basements. Oh wait, no it isn't.....

[Mopar151]

6. There are too many of these!

Not only in VT, but they mostly bleed over from NH.....