NOW FROM MINNESOTA'S MOST
WATCHED STATION, THIS IS WCCO 4
NEWS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
A THREAT TO BLOW UP THE HOMES
OR VEHICLES OF A JUDGE AND A
PROSECUTOR HAS LED
INVESTIGATORS TO A STASH OF
WEAPONS.
A SEARCH OF CHAD MONSON'S
HOUSE AND PROPERTY UNCOVERED
RIFLES, HANDGUNS, MACHINE GUNS,
AMMUNITION, BOMB-MAKING
MATERIALS AND DRUGS.
MONSON AND FOUR OTHERS LIVING
IN THE HOME WERE ARRESTED.
ALL WERE BOOKED INTO JAIL WHICH
IS WHERE ANGELA DAVIS PICKS UP
THE STORY.
Reporter: CHAD LEE MONSON
HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE MONTHS
BEHIND BARS.
THE SHERIFF HERE SAYS IT IS ONE
OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND
CONCERNING CASES HE'S SEEN IN
WILMER.
WHY ARE THEY STOCKPILING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THEY GOING
TO DO WITH THIS STUFF.
Reporter: HE TOLD SOMEONE HE
HAD A PLAN.
HE LOCATED WHERE A JUDGE, A
PROSECUTOR, AND ANOTHER
ATTORNEY LIVED AND PLANNED TO
USE OR PLANT EXPLOSIVES NEAR
THEIR VEHICLES OR HOPES.
WHEN INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED
MONSON'S HOME, THEY FOUND AN
ARSENAL OF WEAPONS THAT
INCLUDED MACHINE GUNS, 10,000
ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, AND EVEN
A GRENADE LAUNCHER.
THE THING TO US WAS THE
AMOUNT OF FULLY-AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS THAT WERE FOUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A
CONCERN.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL
PERMITS.
ALONG WITH THAT WERE THE PIPE
BOMBS.
Reporter: ON FEBRUARY 21st,
THREE WEEKS AFTER MONSON'S
ARREST, A SECOND SEARCH WARRANT
WAS EXECUTED HERE AT THE SITE
OF HIS EXCAVATING BUSINESS JUST
OUTSIDE OF WILMER.
IT WAS HERE INSIDE A SHED THAT
INVESTIGATORS FOUND MORE
WEAPONS, MORE EXPLOSIVES, AND
MORE DRUGS.
THE LIST OF WHAT WAS FOUND HERE
INCLUDES PIPE BOMBS WITH FUSES
INTACT, PAILS CONTAINING
EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS AND VARIOUS
DETONATORS, PLUS MORE MACHINE
GUNS.
THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMB SQUAD WAS
CALLED IN TO DETONATE THE
EXPLOSIVES.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW STABLE
IT WOULD BE, SO THEY DETONATED
IT RIGHT THERE.
Reporter: A JUDGE SET
MONSON'S BAIL AT $500,000.
MEANWHILE, INVESTIGATORS ARE
LOOKING INTO WHERE HE PURCHASED
ALL OF THOSE ILLEGAL WEAPONS
AND EXPLOSIVES.
