Prosecutors file 12 charges against Santa Clara man accused of threatening Bay Area senator [View all]
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Prosecutors filed a dozen charges Friday against a Santa Clara man accused of threatening to kill a Bay Area senator after the discovery this week of a weapons cache and bomb-making materials at his home.
Everett Fred Basham, 45, was charged with 10 felonies: criminal threats with an armed enhancement, two counts of possessing a destructive device, two counts of possessing materials with intent to make an explosive, one count each of forging and possessing a fake driver's license and three counts of illegally possessing an assault weapon. He was also charged with two misdemeanor counts for allegedly carrying a concealed and loaded firearm in a vehicle.
State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said Thursday that Basham sent him an email about four weeks ago threatening to "assassinate" him out of objection to his proposals to tighten state gun laws.
Among the assault weapons Basham was said to own include a Barret 416 high-powered rifle and a Franchi SPAS 12 combat shotgun. One of the explosives counts claims he illegally modified a bird bomb: a firecracker round with a delayed explosion typically used to scare off birds gathering in an undesired location like an airport runway. The modifications Basham made were not disclosed.
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