FBI arrests Waterville guy and seizes ‘handmade explosive devices’ from apartment

WATERVILLE — Federal brokers who searched a Waterville apartment very last week arrested an 18-year-outdated man residing there soon after finding “handmade explosive equipment,” according to a federal legal criticism.

FBI brokers discovered three explosive units that investigators decided ended up fireworks bundled together with tape. An FBI bomb technician who examined the equipment discovered staples, pins and thumbtacks hooked up to them that the technician considered had been intended to be “shrapnel” when the devices were detonated, the criticism mentioned.

FBI spokeswoman Kristen Setera said this 7 days that Xavier Pelkey was taken into custody “without incident.” She declined even further comment, citing an ongoing investigation.

Pelkey is experiencing a federal cost of possessing unregistered destructive devices.

Pelkey instructed agents who raided his apartment Friday at 80 Front St. that he taped the fireworks alongside one another since he needed to make a “bigger increase,” in accordance to the complaint. He did not answer to thoughts about why staples and other sharp products ended up additional to the fireworks, the document reported.

The grievance, received this 7 days, did not say why the gadgets were being created or what the intention was for them. It said a lookup warrant was attained for Pelkey’s apartment for “firearms, explosives and explosive factors.”

The FBI determined that the materials seized Friday satisfied the definition of “destructive devices” beneath federal legislation and the metal objects exhibit that the machine was made to be used as a weapon, the grievance stated. It also stated that Pelkey does not have any “destructive devices” registered with the federal Bureau of Liquor, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, creating those in his possession unlawful.

Pelkey has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court docket in Portland. Court docket documents show Pelkey is remaining held at the Somerset County Jail, but an staff who answered the mobile phone Tuesday would not affirm he’s incarcerated there, building the phony assert that it’s “privileged facts.”

The prosecutor assigned to the situation is Assistant U.S. Legal professional Craig Wolff. Pelkey is remaining represented by Camden lawyer Christopher MacLean. Neither legal professional could be achieved for comment Tuesday.

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