Alleged Neo-Nazi Arrested After Police Find His Car Full of Weapons and Pot

 

POST, TX -- A suspected neo-Nazi was charged with a gun crime following an investigation by the FBI, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.  

Aiden Bruce-Umbaugh, 23, was charged with possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance after he was arrested in Post, Texas, dressed in tactical gear and in possession of multiple assault rifles.

A federal grand jury indicted Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh Wednesday.

According to a criminal complaint filed a week prior, local law enforcement executed a traffic stop for a blue Ford Focus on Nov. 4. The vehicle was driven by Kaleb Cole; Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh was seated in the front passenger seat.

Inside the vehicle, law enforcement allegedly discovered an AR-15 rifle, two AK-47 rifles, a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol, at least 1,500 rounds of ammunition, a small canister of marijuana, and approximately two grams of THC oil.

Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh – who “avoided eye contact and limited conversation” with law enforcement and denied having anything illegal inside the vehicle during the traffic stop– later admitted that the firearms, marijuana, and THC belonged to him, telling investigators he smoked marijuana on a daily basis, according to the complaint.

“Federal prosecutors are committed to enforcing our nation’s gun laws to keep communities safe,” said U.S. Attorney Nealy Cox. “As a drug user, this defendant should never have been allowed to possess firearms.”  

“The large amount of weapons and ammunition seized from the defendant is alarming and we understand there is a cause for concern,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew J. DeSarno of the Dallas Field Office. “The FBI works with our law enforcement partners daily to protect our communities from harm. We want to reassure the public that swift action was taken to remove weapons from a dangerous individual.”

In a detention hearing Wednesday, prosecutors argued the government had reason to believe Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh is a member of AtomWaffen Division, a neo-Nazi hate group.

In jailhouse phone calls, Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh allegedly referenced his affiliation with “the group” and discussed a photo taken of him and another AtomWaffen Division member at the Auschwitz concentration camp, prosecutors said at the detention hearing.

Propaganda videos admitted into evidence – which spew hateful rhetoric against Jews – depict members of the AtomWaffen Division at self-described “hate camps” practicing hand-to-hand combat and shooting firearms. 

An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. Like all defendants, Mr. Bruce-Umbaugh is innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

If convicted, he faces a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Lubbock Resident Agency and the Garza County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell Lorfing is prosecuting the case.

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Between Snyder and Lubbock. Founded by cereal magnate Charles W Post.
Of course Google maps could have given you the first tidbit.

Very cleverly disguised sarcasm, eerily similar to outright ignorance..... My bad......

hexi, Fri, 11/15/2019 - 10:41

doesn't seem like a car full of weapons. That said, they don't sound like average hunting guns either.
I'm curious about whether this law also pertains to guns in states where marijuana is legal like Washington DC and Colorado?
Wonder where he got the money for the guns and the trip to Auschwitz.

If this bonehead has been living in Garza County his entire life, I doubt seriously that he has ever met a Jewish person. And if he did, I'll bet he was unaware of it, surely he has never been victimized by any Jewish folks. He's gonna find out just how "cool" his ridiculous ideology really is.

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