Last month we reported that the “Walmart” bomber had died in Federal custody.
Story here: Walmart Bomber (FBI Sting Op) found Dead in prison… Tells no tales
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday that 52-year-old Larry Ray Gillette was discovered unresponsive at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac on Wednesday and was taken to a hospital, but could not be revived.
Monday the 28th of April. Larry Gillette allegedly told an undercover police officer that he hoped for “carnage” in the bombing of a Walmart and two nearby gas stations. Federal prosecutors claim Gillette, 53, tried to acquire a bomb and four pistols from an undercover officer during a sting operation. The bombing of the Walmart was to be a diversion while he robbed local banks.
Again the bomb he was given was a dummy bomb, it never would have exploded. The official FBI complaint filed can be viewed here
Now we find history repeating itself – also in the month of May 2014! Whats going on here?:
Federal bomb-making suspect dies in custody
A Raymond man in custody in Fresno County on federal bomb-making charges died late last month, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Richard Wilson Key Jr., 37, died May 26 at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office confirmed.
Key, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee, was indicted May 22 on a charge of planting pipe bombs at the Crossroads Christian School in Madera on May 4 and a Chowchilla Shell gas station on March 28, according to the FBI.
According to federal court records, Key was scheduled for arraignment the day after his indictment was handed down, but the May 23 hearing was continued after Judge Stanley A. Boone learned Key had “injured himself and (was) in the hospital.”
U.S. Marshals Service officials informed the court May 27 that Key “passed away this weekend while in custody at the hospital,” court records state.
It was unclear Wednesday exactly what occurred that led to Key’s death. Key’s family did not comment Wednesday.
Key was still listed Wednesday as an inmate in custody at the Fresno County Jail. The coroner’s office confirmed an investigation is underway by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department.
The Sheriff’s Department did not return numerous phone calls seeking comment Wednesday.
Key was arrested May 8 in connection with the two planted explosives. Neither suspected pipe bomb caused any injuries and both were safely defused. Investigators found a third suspected pipe bomb when they arrested Key, the FBI said.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Fresno, the first pipe bomb was found March 28 on the ground between two large trash bins at the Shell gas station in the 100 block of North Chowchilla Boulevard.
“Written on the top of one of the caps in black pen were the words: ‘Pull to open’ and a smiley face was drawn on the bottom of the cap,” the complaint says. “The writing … demonstrated that this bomb was manufactured for the purpose of killing or seriously injuring an unsuspecting victim.”
Children at a private religious grade school found a similar device May 4 on property owned by Grace Community Church, the FBI said.
Authorities have not commented on possible motives in the case.
Read more here
There seems to be no information about how the suspect was identified – Or if this was also an FBI (JTTF) Sting Operation.
Police: man arrested in pipe bomb probe