Ex-Navy SEAL Gregory Vandenberg Convicted in Plot to Hurl 78 Explosives at Police
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Ex-Navy SEAL Gregory Vandenberg Convicted in Plot to Hurl 78 Explosives at Police
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 27
Summary
Gregory Vandenberg, 49, was found guilty after a five-day federal trial of transporting explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate and attempting to bring prohibited fireworks into California.
Six mortar-style fireworks and 72 M-150 firecrackers were bought at a New Mexico travel center, where prosecutors said he told a clerk he planned to throw them at officers during the June 14, 2025 No Kings protests.
Store employees wrote down his license plate and alerted police, leading agents to arrest him the next morning at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson while he slept in his vehicle.
Clothing with Al-Qaeda, neo-Nazi and anti-Israel imagery, an 'AMALEK' shirt, a Taliban-flag phone screen and extremist messages were used to argue antisemitic beliefs drove the planned attack.
Jurors deliberated about three hours before convicting him; Vandenberg has since been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release.