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Home Front: WoT
NJ doctor stored bomb materials, illegal weapons at home
2013-06-02
The good William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection is all over this one.
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A northern New Jersey physician has been indicted on charges he caused the risk of widespread damage by stashing large amounts of bomb-making materials at his home.

Sixty-year-old Roberto Rivera of Ridgewood also faces weapons charges in the indictment recently handed up by a Bergen County grand jury. He remains jailed on $1 million bail. His lawyer has declined to comment.
Per LI, the good doctor was heavily involved in the Occupy movement and was interviewed by Bloomberg News on that point...
Rivera was arrested in November after authorities reported finding several weapons at his home, along with large amounts of chemicals that can be used in making explosives. Police went to the residence after receiving a report that potentially hazardous materials might be there. Prosecutors haven't said why Rivera had the items or what he planned to do with them.
No clue at all. We docs play with kabooms all the time...
The state temporarily suspended his medical license in January.
Posted by:Steve White

#12  ^^ :)
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-02 16:43  

#11  Prosecutors have yet to offer a motive and have not disclosed if there were any targets.

Perhaps someday police procedures will include motives such as "He a f*cking twat" in their list of potential motives.
Posted by: badanov   2013-06-02 11:36  

#10  60 years old is 18 in 1971; fits the demographic.

I know one person, maybe even three, who would be best described as liberal missionaries who also practice medicine.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-02 11:35  

#9  More details here from November 2012. It gets better:

Authorities found manuals in containers labeled "Anarchism" and "Revolution," as well as disguises in Roberto Rivera's home, according to the Attorney General.

Dr. Roberto Rivera, 60, was arrested Nov. 16 at a Union Street apartment after authorities claim to have found 2.5 liters of nitric acid in a basement freezer. Hydrogen peroxide, glycerin, sulfuric acid, calcium hypochlorite, and potassium perchlorate – all of which can be used to create bombs – were also found, authorities charged. Ten pounds of thermite used to detonate explosives, unlicensed high-powered firearms, trigger mechanisms and even disguises were also confiscated from the property...

Prosecutors have yet to offer a motive and have not disclosed if there were any targets.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-06-02 11:14  

#8  The more they dig the more they're going to find that he's a Tea Party mole. This is all a plot to make the poor innocent OWS and Muzzies look oppressed.

Just sayin' ya know?

is /sarc necessary?
Posted by: AlanC   2013-06-02 11:02  

#7  Airandee, that's a corollary to the general rule that criminals generally don't violate the law just once and in just one way. Agreed: tear his life apart and see what's there.
Posted by: Steve White   2013-06-02 10:48  

#6  They should check his Medicare billing records. Angry people like to cheat before they blow things up.
Posted by: Airandee   2013-06-02 09:55  

#5  ..trying to relive his youth? About the right age for the Kerry era anti-war sock puppets of Moscow pop culture leftism.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-02 08:53  

#4  I remember the Occupy support - at the time I thought: a near-60 yr old doctor supporting Occupy? WTF?
Posted by: Frank G   2013-06-02 08:43  

#3  Should be locked up in a room with a Marshall University journalism professor to discuss the effectiveness of 'gun laws'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-02 08:14  

#2  Undoubtedly under surveillance by the FBI for the past 5-10 years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-06-02 07:05  

#1  Just trying to build a practice.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-02 05:42  

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