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Prosecutors argue that Soghomonian is a danger to the community and a flight risk and should remain detained.
"The risk to the structure and the lives of the building’s occupants was substantial, showing the defendant’s disregard for the safety of the building’s occupants and the community at large," Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Lasher wrote in his court petition. "The defendant then fled the area to avoid detection and apprehension."
In August, Illinois State Police who had stopped Soghomonian for a possible traffic violation seized an AK-47 rifle and two magazines from his vehicle, along with 11.5 grams of cannabis and a book titled "How to Blow up a Pipeline," prosecutors say. The book makes "an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse."
During the traffic stop, Soghomonian produced an invalid Oregon driver's license, prosecutors say. He told police he was traveling to the West Coast. In August alone, his vehicle had been in New York, then Illinois, California and Pennsylvania, Lasher wrote in his petition.
When Soghomonian was in his mid-teens, he was detained for an assault with a firearm in Glendale, California, in 2005, according to prosecutors, who say the case appears to have been later dismissed.
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"In other words, defendant has a history of itinerancy, firearms possession, and lack of candor with law enforcement, all exacerbating his risk of flight," Lasher wrote.
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