GUILTY CA - Ryan Chamberlain charged in deadly toxin case, San Francisco, June 2014

[JLSChook]

There is no doubt in my mind that if Chamberlain wasn't caught searching the 'Net for those toxic chemicals, there would be a lot of dead people via explosions in the not-so-distant future.

People don't make bombs to commit suicide.

 

[Dr. Know?]

After reading the docs, he was still a danger as he kept the items he purchased even after his "dark" period, right in his kitchen! The alledge assault on a minor in 2009 didn't go over too well with me either. His purchases weren't even 7 months ago.

The system successfully stopped a disaster that could have harmed many. If a person is suicidal they don't try to make WMD. He had a gun and could have easily taken just himself out. His "dark" period included others.

Glad to see he will get a mental examination as well. jmo

 

[i.b.nora]

Ryan Chamberlain indicted on 'destructive device' charges
Henry K. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle
Updated 7:55 am, Friday, June 13, 2014

(06-12) 18:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco political and media consultant Ryan Chamberlain was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges that he possessed a destructive device and a gun with its serial number removed.

The indictment seeks the forfeiture of any bomb-making components a well as a .22-caliber Derringer pistol, "serial number unknown," along with 42 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition.

The indictment replaces a criminal complaint issued this month alleging that Chamberlain, 42, possessed bomb-making materials at his Polk Street apartment and had sought "illegal toxins" on a black market website.

Chamberlain is to return to court Monday and Tuesday for a detention hearing and arraignment. He is being held at San Francisco County Jail.

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Jodi Linker, an attorney from the federal public defender's office who is representing Chamberlain, has said that a mental health evaluation conducted by one of her experts conveyed a sense of "urgency for the need for further treatment."

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http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ryan-Chamberlain-indicted-on-destructive-device-5549209.php

 

[i.b.nora]

SF bomb suspect Ryan Chamberlain pleads not guilty
By Jonah Owen Lamb
San Francisco Examiner
June 16, 2014 News » Crime & Courts

"Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II pleaded not guilty today in federal court to two felony counts of having an unregistered destructive device and a firearm with the serial number removed."

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"At the hearing, the federal government said that while FBI agents searched Chamberlain’s apartment, they also found castor beans, which are the raw material essential to making the lethal toxin ricin."

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So, some of the original reporting was true. Ricin was found. Or at least the beans to make it!!!

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/st...cle_dda3659b-53f5-5991-8e10-e7de5e48cdbe.html

A prosecutor told a federal judge Monday that high-ranking officials at the U.S. Department of Justice are deciding whether to add the toxin charge to the two felony counts Ryan Chamberlain already faces.

Chamberlain is charged with possessing explosive material and a handgun missing its serial number.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://sfist.com/2016/02/17/ryan_chamberlain_pleads_guilty_to_d.php

Former SF political consultant and accused potential domestic terrorist Ryan Chamberlain has, as was expected last week, taken a plea deal in a case dating back to the spring of 2014 in which federal agents stormed his Russian Hill home and found what they said were the makings of a bomb and possible biological weapon...

Chamberlain's sentencing will take place on April 12...

 

[wendybtn]

http://m.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ryan-Chamberlain-denied-move-from-jail-to-mental-5638755.php

This is an article from July 2014. I could not find what if any mental illness his attorney thought he might need treatment fir. I am also wondering if he was making money illegally. Where I grew up a consultant job implied under or unemployed. But he had 2 apartments in SF and was buying I assume expensive illegal materials on the Dark Internet. Strange story. I wonder if his family has money? Have to wait on sentencing now I guess.

 

[OkieGranny]

April 2016:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...man-receives-30-month-sentence-in-toxin-case/

A political consultant pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday to possessing a biological poison and an illegal gun and agreed to spend 12 years on supervised release with mental health treatment, drug testing and tough restrictions on computer use...

Under the terms of a new plea agreement disclosed in court, Chamberlain was sentenced by Chhabria to two and one-half years in prison plus the 12 years of supervision by federal probation officials.