A Florida man arrested on suspicion of gun violations on Halloween had a list of targets that included a congressman and locations he associated with Jewish and black people, prosecutors allege.
John Lapinski, 41, was jailed without bail on federal charges of felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered gun suppressor.
It was not clear Tuesday whether Lapinski has legal advice in the case. South Florida’s federal public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A factual offer in support of keeping Lapinski behind bars filed Tuesday provides new details about his arrest and a subsequent search of his belongings, during which authorities say they found the list, firearms and ammunition.
Police in Margate, 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Miami, were called to a report of shots fired about 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 31, targeting a home where a resident said only she and her brother Lapinski were present, police said . the offer, which was signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Anton.
After speaking with the sister, officers determined Lapinski was the shooter and arrested him before taking him to a medical facility for a mental evaluation, Anton wrote in the filing.
No injuries have been reported. A routine tour of the house turned up traces of firearms, including spent shell casings and a homemade target, Anton said.
Officers discovered that Lapinski was convicted twice in 2005 of resisting an officer with violence, a misdemeanor, and was under a current restraining order in a 2017 domestic violence case, Anton said. In both cases, Lapinski was banned by a judge from possessing firearms and ammunition.
With the judge’s approval, officers searched the arrest location and found multiple firearms, including an AR-15 platform rifle described as a Palmetto State Armory Liberty-15, Anton wrote.
Gunmaker and retailer Palmetto State Armory makes an AR-15-compatible “Liberty-15” “stripped lower receiver,” a frame that contains the trigger of a weapon, which requires a serial number under federal law.
Also found, according to the provider: a similar long gun described as a Black Aces Tactical FD 12 shotgun – a semi-automatic rifle with a pistol grip and cooling fins – two semi-automatic pistols, a shotgun, body armor, smoke grenades, suspected silencers, an array of ammunition – of which some has been spent – and a clipboard with a list of ‘goals’.
One of the mufflers was produced using an automotive oil filter and was not registered with federal authorities as required, Anton alleged in the filing.
The alleged list of targets includes Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., as well as locations that the list’s author characterized as attractions for Jewish and black people — a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery, a Jewish deli and parks and schools that were described using a derogatory term for black people, according to Anton’s filing.
One entry on the list read: “Stalk Jewish parks,” the provider said.
Moskowitz, who was re-elected on Nov. 5, thanked law enforcement for its work on the case. “Regardless of our political beliefs or differences, we all have families we want to keep safe,” he said in a statement on November 8.
Broward County, Florida jail records show that Lapinski was arrested on November 2 and arrested on suspicion of violating federal and state laws prohibiting felons from possessing weapons, as well as a state-level charge that he violated a court order banning him to possess weapons. firearms.
Lapinski was being held without bail under the supervision of the U.S. Marshals Service, records show. A detention hearing is scheduled for November 27.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com
