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Another (illegal?) weapons seizure. Sounds like he was home building AKs and "selling" them.
Update: Rumble Had Bunker With Enough Food to Barricade Himself for 3 Months
Another (illegal?) weapons seizure. Sounds like he was home building AKs and "selling" them.
Update: Rumble Had Bunker With Enough Food to Barricade Himself for 3 Months
Story Published: Apr 3, 2009 at 4:54 PM EDT
Story Updated: Apr 3, 2009 at 4:54 PM EDT
Authorities who raided Jack Rumble's home on Thursday say that the Ogdensburg resident had a bunker with enough food to barricade himself for 3 months.
Rumble is being transferred to U.S. District Court in Syracuse as police say he is facing federal weapons charges.
Earlier report:
State police took an Ogdensburg man into custody Thursday afternoon, as they raided his home and seized hundreds of weapons.
The raid, at 305 King Street in Ogdensburg, began a little after 1 p.m. King Street was closed for a couple of hours, but has since re-opened to traffic.
Jack Rumble, the home owner, was taken by police when he was only a couple of steps from a loaded shotgun, police told 7 News reporter John Friot.
Police had a federal warrant for the raid.
Friot reports a source told him that even though Rumble has a federal firearms license, the raid is connected to the apparent illegal sale of weaponry.
The raid is specifically connected to drug raids in 2008 in St. Lawrence County, according to the source.
In an October 2008 statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in Syracuse, five people in the Rensselaer Falls-Lisbon area were listed as being charged with various drug crimes. The statement mentions 72 guns being seized, including 22 loaded weapons - nine handguns, a .50 caliber sniper rifle, multiple assault rifles and various long-barreled rifles.
Rumble was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was picked up, police said.
Inside the home, police found 200-300 weapons, crates of ammunition - the smell from the ammo was so strong a police dog at the scene was overwhelmed by the odor - and bear traps placed by the home's windows. Weapons were found secreted inside the home's walls.
Police expect to spend at least two days cataloging the weaponry found.
Friot said Rumble may have been injured, and was to be taken to Claxton-Hepburn's emergency room for treatment.
A friend, Richard Fisher, said Rumble is an avid hunter and gun collector. Fisher said he did not believe Rumble did anything wrong, and that the raid was 'retaliation' for a lawsuit Rumble brought against the City of Ogdensburg several years ago. Additionally, the Watertown Times web site quotes another friend of Rumble's as saying Rumble is a survivalist, with strong opposition to big government.
The raid was carried out by police who were heavily armed.
Police arrived in their armored vehicle shortly after 1 p.m. - the force on scene is believed to be federal agents, state police and St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department and Ogdensburg City Police.
The home was sealed off with police tape Thursday afternoon.
Story Updated: Apr 3, 2009 at 4:54 PM EDT
Authorities who raided Jack Rumble's home on Thursday say that the Ogdensburg resident had a bunker with enough food to barricade himself for 3 months.
Rumble is being transferred to U.S. District Court in Syracuse as police say he is facing federal weapons charges.
Earlier report:
State police took an Ogdensburg man into custody Thursday afternoon, as they raided his home and seized hundreds of weapons.
The raid, at 305 King Street in Ogdensburg, began a little after 1 p.m. King Street was closed for a couple of hours, but has since re-opened to traffic.
Jack Rumble, the home owner, was taken by police when he was only a couple of steps from a loaded shotgun, police told 7 News reporter John Friot.
Police had a federal warrant for the raid.
Friot reports a source told him that even though Rumble has a federal firearms license, the raid is connected to the apparent illegal sale of weaponry.
The raid is specifically connected to drug raids in 2008 in St. Lawrence County, according to the source.
In an October 2008 statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in Syracuse, five people in the Rensselaer Falls-Lisbon area were listed as being charged with various drug crimes. The statement mentions 72 guns being seized, including 22 loaded weapons - nine handguns, a .50 caliber sniper rifle, multiple assault rifles and various long-barreled rifles.
Rumble was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was picked up, police said.
Inside the home, police found 200-300 weapons, crates of ammunition - the smell from the ammo was so strong a police dog at the scene was overwhelmed by the odor - and bear traps placed by the home's windows. Weapons were found secreted inside the home's walls.
Police expect to spend at least two days cataloging the weaponry found.
Friot said Rumble may have been injured, and was to be taken to Claxton-Hepburn's emergency room for treatment.
A friend, Richard Fisher, said Rumble is an avid hunter and gun collector. Fisher said he did not believe Rumble did anything wrong, and that the raid was 'retaliation' for a lawsuit Rumble brought against the City of Ogdensburg several years ago. Additionally, the Watertown Times web site quotes another friend of Rumble's as saying Rumble is a survivalist, with strong opposition to big government.
The raid was carried out by police who were heavily armed.
Police arrived in their armored vehicle shortly after 1 p.m. - the force on scene is believed to be federal agents, state police and St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Department and Ogdensburg City Police.
The home was sealed off with police tape Thursday afternoon.
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