when deputies arrived mom says my son had a grenade he threw it out the window they alert the bomb squad they come out the grenade had everything in it but the powder as deputies walk through the house they discover homemade blasting caps and a bunch of chemicals so they back out get a search warrant as you can see we're in the house now and I will tell you that that domestic violence call probably saved us from making national international news he has all of the components in there to make a weapon of mass destruction as a matter of fact some of the chemicals that he had in there are reminiscent of what the 93 World Trade Center bombing was nitric acid in your rib was used in the 93 World Trade Center bombing he's got that he has manuals inside of the house about how to create beauty traps he had a lunch box hey spongebob squarepants lunch box that was all set to know all either was a battery and gunpowder so when I tell you oh he just didn't have the time or he just didn't get around to it of mixing all of these chemicals together to put his bomb in place but he clearly clearly had intentions he told investigators his intention was to hurt first responders he wanted to take me against the system he was arrested for trafficking in heroin he has even been one of our narcan saves as recently as two weeks ago we deployed narcan in that house and saved his life he's been paid corrected four times he's out on pretrial release we're trying to get his bond and revoked he's won a $5,000 bond he needs to sit in there and like I said he did everything but take that one step to creating in my opinion a weapon of mass destruction online he grenade you could buy it at a military surplus store and some of the manuals that he had you could purchase at a military surplus store but all the other chemicals he has there he ordered online and other things are household items he had homemade blasting caps in there that just didn't have the black powder there's a ton of ammunition where he took the primer off and dump the powder into a jar so basically he had everything there and it looks to us that he was experimenting there was even a stuff that they used in Columbine or not pipe bombs they're these little co2 canisters that they drill the bottom out you put a wick in in black powder and then when you throw it it's a bomb and that was you it was used in Columbine so he has done his research we're trying to get his computer which he recently bought but everything he has learned to do has been on the internet one we're just going to a military surplus store pick it up manuals one of the questions in many people they had to know when I tell you it's a tale of two homes when you first walk in you say I can't police know he was here making bombs and then you go into his room which is absolutely deplorable and if I was a roach I wouldn't live in that moment that's how despicable and dirty and feces and urine film that room is but the rest of the house is is in pretty good shape they claimed they knew nothing about it with their claiming coach right now rather many charges we're still investigating this you know we have ATF out here we're trying to see if there's anything we can have go federal out of this you know the quandary would that is he's allowed to possess some of these chemicals but he's not he convicted felon looks like a firearm there's I flunked chemistry so there are spirit stuff there that you're not supposed you or if you are a convicted felon you could knock the desk he's got it there you know we will release it in the name of all the chemical components that he had there like I said nitric acid urea there is all all kind of chemicals there plus stuff that you can make out of your house to do it it's not that it's not that difficult right he's been arrested because it been convicted you said you'd never do you bring few weeks ago but they didn't notice any of you there they were there I don't think he was in his bedroom I don't know where he was specifically when he overdosed but the grenade is what sent everybody off it was when the first deputies responding deputies see a grenade they automatically or thicket bomb so when they go into the bedroom which is absolute I gotta tell you I walk in I wouldn't even saw that stuff that would have been thinking about you just think this is the formal conditions to live but as they started to look around and snoop around they started to see we'll wait a minute here we need we need to get the bomb squad inside of the house and get him in here now that was us we were detonating the grenade and then there was we think it may have been a booby trap where it's a chance for a phony trap down the back of the house one of those small canisters that we talked about earlier was buried in the ground with a with a toy on top of it and he just didn't have the black powder in that go off that we detonated that as well and I said there's a series of homemade blasting paths to be made to this household material that's just not filled with that black powder yet cheer up dad an expertise I mean 8p with my opinion and is it just my opinion is he was working on the delivery system first and then he would have worked on the bomb was obviously the lunch box that was how to light pedal if there were he had a book in there where the center was hollowed out and he had it wired he's needed a battery in black powder you had the booby-trapped in the backyard so I think he was praying how do I deliver it but he had all the chemicals it was a matter of mixing them together and you're good to go if batteries and gunpowder we've got arrested and spoke he was speaking with the investigator and they told us he said he told the bomb squad members when they started questioning him even though we want to go what are we going up against in this house and he told them he said you know I am anti-government I'm against this system and I was looking to get even with the system and I was gonna hurt first responders I can't think of the group that wears the white mask which is an anti-government group he's got that mask in there you know that's a nice touch Nikolas and like I said he said definitely got a heroin problem you reach ago we hit it with 19 and savers life he's due for a free sentencing evaluation with judge Clinton on December 12th so we're trying to contact the judge is it a big thing if you want to finally vote yeah yeah you know you know we're taking this stuff you can't take away the knowledge about what he has you know like I said he was thinking wouldn't you think of a lot of these quote-unquote bombers it's not highly sophisticated stuff we're talking here you know you get the chemicals you read online the nude and you're mixing you tested out a little bit and you're ready to rock and roll you know the booby traps is what's extremely concerning is you know you're talking to kids school lunch box you know what was in his mind put together or a spongebob lunchbox and booby-trapped that you know why would you the toy the toy car out in the backyard covering up one of those one of those mini pipe bombs what boys what's the purpose their purpose that is used to blow somebody up arguing with his parents over I don't know what the original argument was over but it was the argument was enough that mom called us and then that's where he tells mom will the cops like this and throws the grenade out the window and the grenade like I said he purchased it today they supply store all the thing missing you have any black powder it everything else yeah I mean that's that's that's the interesting thing about the whole thing that really set you off there's like two weeks ago we saved in life and now we're here two weeks later and you're talking to how you want to blow us all up if we were responding the same in Sheriff you had men on we initially got information that said that he denied if there was even Explorer device even there and then offered to show deputies where it was that's correct at first he said no and then he decided that he was going to show that deputy were that worried through the grader in the grave and everything we're dealing with to here which I think fits in everything and we see it in America today we've got somebody who's mentally ill clearly he's been Baker acted four times he's got a substance abuse problem so you're dealing with he's gonna hate for the government so you have somebody who's really not dealing in the realm of reality and yet through the internet and through just common household products was looking to make a weapon of mass destruction what I believe for a while for a while I mean one of the things he's he saved and there's a plethora of them or bottles of his own urine because you can use it to make a bomb that's part of the fuel to make a bomb well he's got that he's got the urea that you can get online it comes in chemical form if this got a whole big jar that day that's out there in the driveway but he also same vision and I guess Eddie's seems that have really done his research on this he recently pawned his computer and was arrested for because the computer actually belong to his mother so we're trying to track that down the brother's computer and some other computers in the house because he said a lot of what he learned and through the manual which is where you have to do two drops well we're hoping that some of the chemicals here's the problem he didn't take the overt step and put all those things together to create the mom he has everything laid out ready to go he's tested the mechanism just has it mixed them taking that step over a line or ATF to come in and say okay now we got you and the same thing we're looking at here what I want to try to do is through the entire investigation the fact that he's been Baker acted four times the statement that he made about wanting to get even with the system the fact that these got these chemicals in the house and his research we're to try to put that together and hope that that'll fly through the State Attorney's Office to get it that one I don't I don't know we're doing now yeah everything is completely wrecked been rendered safe there is no chance that anything is going to explode all that is over what we're doing now is categorizing and collecting the chemicals and any evidence that we can I will let them know that this he could have blew up the block I mean that's what the bomb techs were telling me is you mix that in fear not get that all together we could have had a major major into it anywhere he went could had it he could a wouldn't go apart turn it into a bar Bobby I mean he could have warned best you know we could have grabbed the gun and just Lerner shooting spray it through those mini pipe bombs who knows what was inside his mind because he has already professed a heating for the government heavy for the system and talked about wanting the main first responders Sherriff the next-door neighbor is actually standing right over your shoulder what are you going to say to that man he's his his mine all I could tell them is you need to thank the good Lord that we're all standing here talking about this today and like I said we're not national news because we have a guy who decided to blow up whatever inside of Volusia County and attack law enforcement who knows maybe even his neighbors I don't know sure you and initially we've heard that there was three devices and they were still looking at a four a total of four devices that they initially I think there's more devices than that because the each one of those blasting caps are considered devices and there's probably at least a dozen of those homemade blasting caps in there on top of a lunchbox on top of the grenade on top of the we believe was the booby-trapped mini pipe bomb in the backyard what would you say to him especially now that you said about saving his life two weeks ago I don't think it really matters I don't think it really matters for this guy I don't think these feasts he's in touch with reality and if he is his reality is certainly a different perception I think in today's climate you know you have people out there in society that research and believe that what happened in Columbine was a good thing they see the world trace or any think that's a good thing you know they look what happened in Vegas they think that that's a good thing and so you'll have these fringe members of our society that they look up to these knuckleheads you know and they think that you know I want to emulate that I want to be like this guy because in his life what is he he's a heroin addict who's been Baker acted four times who's really an insignificant human being but he could make himself pretty damn significant if he mitches all that stuff together and delivers death and destruction in our community and as we speak right now chief Morgan is on the phone with one of my detectives making an appearance with judge Clayton to try to show him some of the photos to see if we could get his father to go prepare a minute we're hoping this stuff we don't know I know his brother was growing mushrooms magic mushrooms in his room so this is an interesting family sign my students on the other side however we got bombs in our window on one side and mushrooms and weed on the other side we don't we hope so this is all but the number one thing tonight or all night long with bomb squad or theythey act and with the fire services has been for render everything safe that was the number one thing renderer and that's what they've done they did a great job went in there and they rendered everything safe that they've separated everything out so hopefully we'll get you up there get a picture where you can see everything this way down the driveway he said the firefighters hate to yet they can tell you more about the chemicals in I can like walk damage themself and just to confirm this is the parents home this is the parents also and you guys are obviously I mean you mentioned speaking with the parents right now yes and then I'm telling you that it's a story of two houses when you walk in you know you had a piano and the place is pretty neat and then you veer off into these his bedroom which I'm the telephones approach I wouldn't live in it the bathroom is an absolute disgrace then we Mexicans is his brother's room which is pretty clean and it's pretty good see were in the closet he's growing magic mushrooms he has well there's nothing we can do about it it's like the tech no problem where does the most fentanyl come from it comes from China who delivers it the united states postal service you can go online in the comfort of your own home and it would affect them have a delivery we could do to stop it there's just not enough resources to stop what's coming in the other thing is no we don't know this per se yet but the dark LED plays a role in this you know when you think of the dark when you think of the spiral staircase we're all on the first two levels when we feel with your name where you drill down into that dark web you know you could buy guns you know human trafficking bomb-making material drug drugs you name it it can be purchased online anyone and set the nice people not right Nick alone I think we got lucky I think this is a homegrown person like I said he fits the profile you know he's obviously the baker act is four times he's got a drug problem he's got a grievance against the government and the corner quote system is rescinded and they particularly want to take out posters five and it fits the profile of everything we and we see in our question today and we got lucky thank God his mother thought enough to call us because of the domestic disturbance which allowed us to find overstuff because if we don't find it you know it's just a matter of him mixing some of this stuff together he's already worked on the delivery system and gunpowder I mean you know he was there was a ton of empty shell casings in there where he was taking the primer off dump into powder and saving it so he knew what he was going to do it was just he was just taking a slow methodical stuff to get there and how long I mean obviously you guys have a lot of work how long do you guys think you're gonna be out here today I couldn't even guest in it on that thank you so much