http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/A_NEWS/70927033 1 Cyanide bomb, hoard of guns found Lode trio held after stolen cache scattered across three counties By Dana M. Nichols Record Staff Writer September 27, 2007 6:00 AM
SAN ANDREAS - Three San Andreas residents are in jail after a two-week law enforcement operation in which federal and local investigators uncovered a hoard of weapons scattered across three counties that included several illegal military-style weapons and a bomb designed to disperse a cyanide powder. Ronald LeRoy Applegate, 60, is being held in lieu of $270,000 bail on a variety of weapons and drug charges. Calaveras County sheriff's investigators said in a written statement that he was the one in possession of weapons found in a storage locker in Angels Camp and at a residence in Valley Springs. Also arrested were Jim Bertrand, 26 and his wife, Tina Marie Bertrand, 19, on burglary, drug possession and drug paraphernalia charges. Investigators said they found methamphetamine and methamphetamine paraphernalia in Applegate's San Andreas home and in the possession of the Bertrands, whose address in San Andreas authorities could not determine. The investigation began Sept. 11 and concluded Tuesday with the arrest of the Bertrands, according to the Sheriff's Department. The Sheriff's Department said in a written statement that it cooperated with federal Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agents to locate and seize the illegal firearms. The department said two illegal assault rifles were recovered at a home in Valley Springs. They were an American-made Colt M-16 and an Uzi, the kind of assault rifle used by the Israeli military. The Uzi came with a silencer. Also found at the Valley Springs home, whose address authorities did not disclose, were blasting caps, military tracer rounds and an improvised explosive device containing cyanide powder. Calaveras County bomb technicians went to the scene and rendered the device safe. A third automatic weapon, a MAC-10 machine pistol with a silencer, was found in Stockton, and seven handguns were recovered in Antioch. The Sheriff's Department said it believes Applegate was involved in a burglary in early August in which most of the weapons were taken. In all, the burglary reportedly involved $30,000 in tools, jewelry and firearms. The Sheriff's Department did not release the identity or location of the burglary victim, saying that person's name is confidential because he or she is an employee of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Investigators did not say why the Cal Fire employee had the weapons. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
