Overview

• Louis Geri, 41, was arrested on Oct. 5 after pitching a tent on the steps of St. Matthew’s Cathedral, where he had been previously barred, and refusing to leave.
• Investigators recovered improvised devices described as modified bottle rockets, Molotov cocktails, and vials containing nitromethane, with several items deemed fully functional in court documents.
• Court records say Geri threatened officers, claimed to have more than 100 devices, and handed over nine pages of writings expressing hostility toward the Catholic Church, Jews, Supreme Court justices, and ICE.
• MPD’s bomb squad and arson unit secured the scene as the FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force, and ATF began processing evidence; police reported no ongoing threat to public safety.
• Beyond initial counts, filings list possession of a destructive device and false report of a weapon of mass destruction, and a judge ordered Geri held without bond as the multiagency investigation continues.