A northern California gentleman remained held on a $5 million bond Monday after sheriff’s deputies previous 7 days allegedly uncovered five pipe bombs, as very well as a cache of illegal assault rifles, automated weapons, far more than 15,000 rounds of ammunition and other “bomb-producing substance” at his house and business enterprise in Napa.

The Napa County Sheriff’s Office environment attained search warrants for the property and small business of 44-12 months-outdated Ian Benjamin Rogers right after acquiring a tip that he possessed a number of unlawful guns. Investigators discovered far more than 50 guns — various of which had been unregistered and/or unlawful –, as effectively as much more than 15,000 rounds of ammunition, and many kilos of gun powder, the sheriff’s business disclosed in a press release.

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5 pipe bombs ended up observed inside a protected at British Car Repair, the business enterprise owned by Rogers on Motion Ave. in Napa, a city about 48 miles north of San Francisco in the coronary heart of wine country. All 5 explosives ended up rendered secure by the Napa County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad.

The sheriff’s office environment advised Fox Information that it notified the FBI and numerous other agencies about the cache of weapons at Rogers’ home and organization — though it remains also early to validate no matter whether there’s any link to prospective armed assaults expected at state Capitols on Inauguration Working day. 

“We’re in the early phase of investigating and haven’t ruled just about anything nonetheless,” sheriff’s spokesman Henry Wofford informed Fox News. “We never want to lead to any avoidable worry, but we also never want to search over any threats, as we continue on to comb by means of data.”

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Rogers was taken into custody just before 8 a.m. Friday, and, right after being interviewed by detectives, was positioned less than arrest at 3 p.m. that working day. He is billed with 5 felonies and a person misdemeanor linked to the possession of illegal assault rifles, automatic weapons, and explosives.

He was booked at the Napa County Department of Corrections, in which he remained Monday early morning, Wofford mentioned. No arraignment day has been set still, as the district attorney’s business office has however to file its indictment prior to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  

“We are in standard conversation with the Napa Sheriff’s Place of work, but would refer you to them about their ongoing investigation,” an FBI spokesman instructed Fox News, by using e-mail. “We have no further more comment at this time.”