An armed man from California who allegedly drove his truck into a crowd of peaceful racist justice demonstrators this year was using his family’s vineyard as a “training camp” to prepare for “civil disorders.”
U.S. for Central California. According to a criminal complaint filed in district court this week, Benjamin Hung, 28, was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and misrepresentation in the acquisition of firearms.
An FBI agent named Diamond Outlook said in the complaint that Hung was arrested after he snatched several flags decorated by right-wing extremists and a license plate reading ‘Lad R1G’, which he had packed into a crowd northeast of downtown. Los Angeles.
May 31 or afternoon protesters were in the Old Town section of Pasadena on the afternoon of May 31.
The agent says protesters, who chanted “The subject of black life is here,” ran to avoid being hit. After being detained by local police, Hung told officers he experienced fear after protesters threw objects at his truck, according to the complaint.
The agent said there was no evidence of Hung’s account, and officers searching his truck found a loaded Glock handgun, a 15-round magazine, a machete, an 18-inch metal pipe, a megaphone and cash of 3,200, according to the affidavit.
An attempt was made to attack Hung with a deadly weapon in the state’s superior court. Court records show he posted a bond of 30 30,000 on June 12. The petition and application will be made on Tuesday.
The record is not listed by the lawyer, and Hung could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
According to the federal complaint, Hung stayed in Lodi, south of San Marino and Sacramento, near Pasadena, where his family owns a vineyard.
The complaint describes the vineyard as a “strategic training camp” and shooting range that Hung and others planned to use as a spike in conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus epidemic. In a text message quoted in the complaint, Hung is accused of calling it “our own shoot house.”
In the photo included in the complaint, Hung can be seen in the distance wearing a shirt with the logo of 3 percent of the military group on the right.
The complaint alleges that Hung was stockpiling weapons. Officials said the documents they included from their iCloud account showed assault rifles, semi-automatic pistols, magazines, ammunition, a tactical vest, binoculars, the scope of a rifle and other equipment.
Agents say guns probably. Was purchased out of state and kept at home in San Marino.
Hung was accused of illegally acquiring the Glock found in his truck and buying three out-of-state guns that brought it to California.
It was not immediately clear if Hung had a lawyer in his federal case.
