“No combination of available release conditions would reasonably assure the safety of the community…” according to the magistrate in the order.
Defendants’ abandoned van led to a criminal investigation
As noted in the order, the FBI agent testified that police in Kannapolis, North Carolina responded to a report regarding an abandoned van in a bank parking lot on May 28.
Authorities searched the van and found approximately $509,000 in cash and several weapons including Sig Sauer AR Rifle, a 9 mm Luger, a Kel-Tec Sub-2000, a .22-caliber rifle, and a Russian Mosin Nagant M91/30 bolt-action rifle. They also found a canister “of the explosive material Tannerite, a box of 5.56-caliber ammunition, books about bomb-making, improvised weapons, Islam, and survival as well as drawings of swastikas and planes crashing into buildings.
