United States v. Jordan S. Gonzalez

United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey

L. Judson Welle Francisco J. Navarro

Assistant United States Attorneys

Overview

• Defendant has been convicted of: – Attempting to develop, produce, and possess the

lethal toxins ricin and abrin for use a weapon; – Possessing a three-neck round-bottom flask

intending that it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance

• The Government respectfully requests that the Court impose a prison sentence of 70 to 87 months’ imprisonment

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Overview of Search Locations

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Location # 1 Location

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Search Location # 1

Jersey City Apartment

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Search Location # 2

Jersey City Storage Unit

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Search Location # 3

Manhattan Apartment

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Response Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Response Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Response Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Response Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Interior Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Interior Photos

Location # 1 - Jersey City

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Interior Photos

Location # 3 - Manhattan

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Castor Beans Rosary Peas

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Extraction Equipment Materials needed to extract ricin and abrin and manufacture drugs, including:

– Rock tumbler – Laboratory

equipment – Chemicals

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Delivery Systems Projectile weapons

• Crossbow • Throwing knives • Swords

Sprayer DMSO

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Explosive Precursors • Sodium Azide • Hexamine • Potential shrapnel

for IEDs

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Conventional Weapons • Firearm and

assault rifle parts – High capacity

magazines

• Body Armor • Ammunition

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Manuals/Guides • Manuals/Books

– Guides for ricin extraction

– Illicit Use of Bio-Weapons

– “Doomsday” preparation

– Anarchist’s Cookbook

– IED construction

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Ricin Extraction & Explosives Guides • “Preparation

of Toxic Ricin” (depicted in redacted form)

• Ricin Manual – “as close to a perfect

poison as is available.” – “odorless, tasteless,

undetectable, untreatable, and fatal in minute dose”

• RDX Manual – “much easier to make in

the home than all other high explosives”

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Narcotics Recipe in Defendant’s Handwriting

“Ingredients in meth include…”

“Heroin is created by boiling

morphine and acetic anhydride

over a stove.”

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