COURT PROCEEDINGS

On January 7, 2010 at 9:30 a.m., in Greenbelt, a sentnecing hearing will be held in PJM-08-0518, U.S. v. Collin McKenzie-Gude, in Courtroom 4C. McKenzie-Gude, age 19, of Bethesda, Maryland pleaded guilty on September 23, 2009, to possession of an unregistered destructive device. According to his plea agreement and other court documents, on July 29, 2008, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at McKenzie-Gude’s home and recovered from his bedroom: an AR-15, AK-47 and AK-74 rifle; two shotguns; one 9mm handgun; copper wire; timers; electrical switches; sodium nitrate and other chemicals used to make an explosive device; PVC pipes fittings and caps; homemade cap well for blasting caps; wire, PVC tubing and batteries; and a diagram of explosive device. Also recovered were a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) identification access badge, a Department of Defense Geneva Conventions Identification Card, known as a Common Access Card (CAC), several documents to include instructional pages relating to explosives, documents that were marked as “Classified: Top Secret”, and a thumb drive containing a picture of McKenzie-Gude similar to the one appearing on both identification cards, agency seals, bar codes, an American flag, and background images used in the production of the cards and images of the front and back of a CIA identification card and CAC.  McKenzie-Gude faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for possession of the destructive device.