CERDAFIED-On February 5, Andrew Scott Boguslawski appeared before a grand jury in the Madison County Common Pleas Court. Last month he was pulled over by an Ohio State Trooper, W. Scott Davis, in a routine New Years Day stop for speeding. The trooper noticed two bumper stickerson the 2005 white Dodge caravan. One said, “Need Ammo? Factory Direct.” The other said, “If you’re reading this, you’re within range.”
The trooper asked Boguslawski if he had a firearm in his vehicle. He replied, “Nope.” Trooper Davis wrote up the ticket and when he handed it to Boguslawski he observed what looked like a butt of a gun between the driver’s knees. Davis pulled his weapon, and questioned Boguslawski further. This time he admits to having a fake weapon. Davis called for back up and they conducted a vehicle search.
As it turns out, the gun was fake. But Boguslawski, a member of the Indiana National Guard, and former member of the Ohio National Guard had a full arsenal in his vehicle.
This intelligence analyst was in possession of a loaded AR-15 assault rifle, 58 bomb detonators with remote controlled initiators, 25 bombs, 4 partially built bombs, 1.5 pounds of raw explosive material, a loaded Beretta 9mm holstered to the driver’s seat with the safety off, a loaded Smith & Weston Walter P-22, a 223 sniper rifle, a .22-caliber zip gun with two banana clips, a GPS system, a camera, a laptop, and engineering schematics to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana.
The pat-down also uncovered: rounds for a 223 rifle, rounds for a .22-caliber, two knives and green notebooks. Davis called in the Columbus bomb squad. Capt. Steve Saltsman, commander of the Columbus bomb squad, determined that the bombs could be detonated by fuse, timer, and electrical remote control. Three videos of explosions were found in the camera bag and two pictures were taken on the camera of Boguslawski with the bomb equipment.
Three field tests were performed to determine the volatility of the bombs before transporting them. The explosives contained potassium chloride and aluminum powder, according to Saltsman. One of the bombs was in a large pill bottle and some were in energy drink bottles.
Now given the media attention to Miley Cyrus’s twerking, one would expect that a man capable of pulling off a terrorist plot, or a large scale massacre would receive an equal amount of airtime. On the whole, this story is suspiciously quiet.
To add to the mystery, a Federal judge sealed the search warrant affidavit on Boguslawski's home in Moores Hill, Indianapolis. Boguslawski faces the felony charge of illegal manufacture or processing of explosives and illegal assembly and possession of chemical weapons. He is currently being held on $1 million bond. Very little information is coming out about his motive, but one can assume that the schematics might have revealed his target.
Boguslawski graduated from Wright State University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership. The 43 year old intelligence analyst was not licensed to possess or make explosives. He had held a Top Secret security clearance though it was reported that he worked as a groundskeeper on an Indiana Army National Guard base in Butlerville, Indiana. This type of contradictory information may explain the judge’s decision to seal the search warrant.
The suppression of information may continue as it moves towards trial. America may never know what kind of threat he posed, if he was acting alone, who he was connected to, and what his motive was. But we should not forget these events, and move from one questionable event to another. This erosion of our security is either politically motivated or has political consequence. Either way, we have the right to know.
(Lisa Cerda is a contributor to CityWatch, an Activist and VP of the Community Rights Foundation of LA)
CityWatch
Vol 12 Issue 11
Pub: Feb 7, 2014
