CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two members of an Ohio militia group pleaded guilty to violating the National Firearms Act by conspiring to possess unregistered explosive devices. Ryan King and Randy Goodman face up to five years in prison when they're sentenced.
According to court papers, the pair decided to make a small subset of their militia group called the "Special Projects Team". They wanted the team to build, use and stockpile explosives, including pipe bombs, landmines, and remote activated explosive devices.
According to the office of US Attorney Benjamin Glassman, the two tested their so-called crater makers at Goodman's Ripley home. They talked about construction and ignition methods and referenced the Boston Marathon bombing.
They talked about building their devices out of metal pipes instead of PVC to make them more lethal.
In once instance, King said, "If you really want explosions you would bury these in the driveway, so they go up and out. We can build land mines, I’ve already built them before, you know that.”
Glassman didn't say how investigators learned of the conversations.
