A Pennsylvania man who was arrested on weapons charges at a “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration on Saturday is facing more than two dozen additional charges after investigators said they found a cache of homemade bombs at his home outside Philadelphia.
The man, Kevin Krebs, 31, of Malvern, Pa., first caused alarm among people in the crowd at the protest in West Chester, Pa., when he tried to hide a Sig Sauer P320 handgun under his raincoat and another layer of clothing, the authorities said.
The protesters pointed him out to law enforcement officers, who said that they found nine fully loaded magazines, a bayonet, pepper spray and a ski mask on him and an AR-15-style rifle on the back seat of his Ford Explorer. Mr. Krebs did not have a license for the handgun he had on him, the police said.
During a search of Mr. Krebs’s home on Monday, the police discovered 13 improvised explosive devices, in addition to military-style body armor vests and several drawings of grenades, the authorities said on Tuesday.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the cache included pipe bombs and explosives that were made from a glass Coke bottle and a can the size of an energy drink. Some were filled with nails, screws and pellets.
All of them were disposed of by the bomb squad from neighboring Montgomery County, said prosecutors, who noted that night vision goggles and a gas mask had also been recovered from Mr. Krebs’s vehicle on Monday night.
Investigators did not say what they believed Mr. Krebs had planned to do with the homemade bombs, nor did they discuss his motives.
The Chester Count District Attorney’s Office said that the investigation in the case was continuing.
Mr. Krebs was charged with 13 counts of unlawful possession or manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction, 13 counts of possessing an instrument of crime with intent to employ it criminally, one count of causing catastrophe and one count of recklessly endangering another person.
He was initially charged on Saturday with one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm and was released on $250,000 bond. Mr. Krebs was arrested again after the authorities searched his home Monday and is being held at the Chester County Prison.
Mr. Krebs was denied bail during an appearance on Tuesday in Magisterial District Court in Wayne, Pa.
A lawyer for Mr. Krebs did not immediately respond on Tuesday to a phone message seeking comment.
Mr. Krebs’s arrest served to further illustrate the fraught political climate surrounding the “No Kings” protests that took place across the nation on Saturday, which coincided with a military parade in Washington celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary and falling on President Trump’s 79th birthday.
It also reinforced organizers’ concerns about potential violence at the events.
In Salt Lake City, a fashion designer who had competed on “Project Runway” and who had helped style celebrities for the red carpet was shot to death during a protest on Saturday.
The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, who the police said was a bystander, was killed during a confrontation between two armed volunteers who were assisting with crowd control at the protest and a man who was carrying an AR-15-style rifle and was dressed in black.
The police arrested the man with the rifle, who was identified as Arturo Gamboa, 24, and charged him with murder. It was not clear whether the man who shot Mr. Ah Loo and was working security would face charges.
And in Minnesota, a man accused of killing a state lawmaker and wounding another in a campaign to “inflict fear” had papers in his car that indicated he might have been planning to target one of the “No Kings” protests, the police said.
Neil Vigdor covers breaking news for The Times, with a focus on politics.
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