Overview
- Deputies first detained 43-year-old Gregory Klemme on July 29 after a fire broke out on federal Bureau of Land Management forest land along Pine Flat Road east of Geyserville.
- Cal Fire investigators later tied materials recovered at the scene and from the suspect’s vehicle to homemade explosives.
- A multi-agency search warrant executed on July 31 at Klemme’s Petaluma home yielded pounds of explosive precursor chemicals, three improvised devices and methamphetamine with paraphernalia.
- The Sonoma County Bomb Squad joined sheriff’s detectives, Cal Fire and federal BLM agents to carry out the residential search.
- Klemme now faces multiple felony counts and remains jailed on a $1 million bail enhancement as authorities continue assessing the full extent of the explosive cache.