Mark Campano was sentenced in Cleveland federal court 19 Nov to 52 months in prison after changing his plea from not guilty to guilty in September 2010 on one federal count of possessing unregistered weapons. He was initially arrested in 2009 after law enforcement was called to investigate 2 explosions in his apartment.
A local paper not online gave more information: on the first call officers found 35 pipe bombs, 17 rifles and pistols, 2 homemade silencers, and thousands of rounds of ammunition. An assistant US attorney quoted Campano as saying he was "suffering from paranoia and began making the bombs and acquiring the firearms for protection, because he was concerned about the collapse of our country, Armageddon and the need to protect himself." The Ohio State Medical Board removed his license to practice medicine in 2006 due to Campano's history of drug dependency.
I dunno. The volume of materials found at his apartment, no stated visible means of financial support, and his drug history looks more like an illicit business operation. At least he's out of circulation for a while. |