Overview
- Lucas Alexander Temple, 20, was indicted on counts of possessing an unregistered firearm, possessing a firearm with a removed serial number, and receiving child sexual abuse material.
- Agents executing a Nov. 20 search say they recovered a sawed-off shotgun not registered to Temple, multiple firearms, ammunition, pipe bombs, a pressure cooker, and literature on making explosives.
- Investigators report finding Nazi and mass-shooting propaganda, including Columbine shooters’ journals and an Atomwaffen Division flag.
- A written plan allegedly outlined steps to wear body cameras for a livestream, write a manifesto, notify friends, display flags, play music, and place motion-activated bombs in doorways.
- The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force led the probe with Sarasota police and sheriff’s officials, prosecutors say the case falls under DOJ’s Operation Take Back America, and Temple faces up to 20 years if convicted.