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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Boogaloo Boy' who worked at my girlfriend's office was arrested today. He seemed normal.
This guy worked at my girlfriend's office for many years. She says he seemed like a normal, family guy. He was always nice to her when she interacted with him. Big dude.
Alleged Boogaloo Boy' Arrested Over Threats to Top South Bay Health Official
Investigators say they found explosives and hundreds of guns in the family home of Gilroy man Alan Viarengo.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/alleged-boogaloo-boy-arrested-over-threats-to-top-south-bay-health-official/2355341/
A Gilroy man who police say is tied to the far-right, anti-government Boogaloo Movement was arrested last week in connection to 24 threatening letters, some containing telltale Boogaloo slogans and imagery, sent to Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody over the past five months, according to court and police records reviewed by NBC Bay Area.
Officers from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office arrested Alan Viarengo, 55, last week, seizing a large cache of firearms and explosives from his familys home, according to a bail motion filed by Santa Clara County prosecutors. Detectives found more than 100 firearms, including potential assault rifles, explosives, thousands of rounds of ammunition, tools for manufacturing ammunition, and confederate flags, according to the court records.
He was charged with felony counts of stalking and harassing a public official and has not yet entered a plea.
Alleged Boogaloo members were charged earlier this year in the murder of Federal Security Officer Dave Underwood at Oaklands Federal Building and the ambush-style killing of Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller in Ben Lomand.
Viarengo also sent harassing letters to the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office and Gutzwillers widow replete with Boogaloo slogans and imagery, according to the police report.
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,057 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Im thankful I dont see the world they way this fellow does.
Karadeniz
(22,267 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,153 posts)Instead those who are anti-Fascism, or AntiFa, are described as terrorists and anarchists.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)that tries to take them on. That guy was likely stockpiling to supply a small army of like minded travelers and new converts.
That dude must have a 24 inch neck, that is huge. My neck is 19 inches and it looks small compared to that guy.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)"He was such a quiet guy...... liked guns."
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)Explosives!!!
This guy was prepping for war!
That's not an enthusiast! That's a terrorist!
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Sociopaths can be very charming and seem "nice".
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)and these lunatics?
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)irisblue
(32,828 posts)Hard to keep up with the numbers of men with weapons shooting up events somedays.
hunter
(38,263 posts)Certain groups have been ground up in the gears of progress.
jaxexpat
(6,700 posts)Damn good turn of phrase there, Hunter. I had an uncle who lost his thumb to a hay baler and a good friend who was eaten by a John Deere combine(combine 1/friend 0).
I expect, however, that their straight forward encounters were less socially disruptive and potentially confrontational than herds of imported, hybrid "geeks" eating up all the grass down to the roots, ruining the prairie for regular ranchers.
This is, Parody. I apologize in advance.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I am sure there are lots of the old boys left living there. That guy would have been around 19-20 in the mid eighties.
pdxflyboy
(672 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Yikes. That hits home, I work at a college.
live love laugh
(12,995 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,570 posts)How does someone collect hundred of guns? I hope this is what put him on the radar.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)He is highly educated, not the typical empty-headed Gunnion.
DBoon
(22,284 posts)no background check
pwb
(11,204 posts)At least the cops in Wisconsin do. Cops need better training.
mnmoderatedem
(3,706 posts)AZ8theist
(5,335 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)Like eligible for social security?
sandensea
(21,526 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Colonels and Generals typically dont do the killing.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)This is Donald Trump's America.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)Initech
(99,909 posts)I really want to know!!!
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)RVN VET71
(2,686 posts)James48
(4,416 posts)What is a potential assault weapon?
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)I noticed that too! Maybe it was shorthand for a rifle that could be converted to fully automatic. That would possibly explain the "potential" thing.
But, I'm just guessing.
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)3-D printing is a whole new dimension in the arms trade.
paleotn
(17,778 posts)A lot of that going on lately. Not sure what the angle is, but I'm sure there is one.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/federal-agents-seize-more-than-10-000-assault-weapons-parts-at-louisville-ups-hub/article_4770cc54-b7f1-11ea-96e6-cbd8a5f01903.html
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The guy was making his own bullets, not an everyday skill to have at home. Some gun enthusiasts here on DU may make their own bullets, but for an anarchist, that likely gets taken to another level.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Now that they have him, police may want to really interrogate that guy. As I read more, it sounds like he had access to an undercover gun mill. He was making his own bullets.
Alex4Martinez
(2,180 posts)It popped up in my feed.
From the local Pajaronian: https://pajaronian.com/gilroy-man-accused-of-boogaloo-affiliation/
"The charges are related to what the sheriffs office incident report described as Viarengos relentless and repeated letters to Cody expressing his displeasure with Codys pandemic strategy and what he saw as government overreach. Starting in early April, Viarengo sent a total of 24 anonymous, hand-written letters to Cody at the countys public health office in San Jose. The letters became increasingly aggressive, offensive and threatening, reads the sheriffs incident report. They also became increasingly specific about Codys personal informationincluding her home addressand were laced with profanity.
The first letter, received at Codys office on April 9, included a sketch of a hand with the middle finger extended. The letter included degrading names directed toward Cody, expressed anti-China sentiments, mocked law enforcement and vowed to not abide the health order, reads the sheriffs report."
Anti-government, anti-China, anti-health. That's what Trump is creating.
StrictlyRockers
(3,854 posts)Not a far commute from Gilroy.
Galraedia
(5,015 posts)I have no idea what a boogaloo boy is but it sounds like a fat ghost clown that people dress up as on Halloween.
localroger
(3,602 posts)summer_in_TX
(2,680 posts)Boogaloo Boi.
And they are very fond of wearing Hawaiian shirts to my husband's dismay. He's retired that part of his closet for the most part.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I suggest colorful Gingham shirts as an alternative.
Celerity
(42,633 posts)vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)I mean I'm just pointing that out
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)localroger
(3,602 posts)paleotn
(17,778 posts)I hear there's some nice accommodations for these slime down at Gitmo. Lock them the fuck up.
lostnfound
(16,138 posts)Went looking to see what happened in that case. In this article from July 28th, it says that the FBI had been helping with the investigation and that the town of Gilroy has not released the report or the videos. Supposedly because there are so many videos they have to clean up.
The shooter Santino William Legan was a 19 year old from a family that was heavy into boxing. He used an AK47.
Ligyron
(7,592 posts)Plus explosives?
Confederate flags too? Well that definitely clinches it, lol.
Hope they follow through and round up the rest of the viper's nest. Maybe get the FBI involved ... if they aren't involved already as part of that viper's nest.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)There may be some experienced undercover police among them, but not simple adherents that are cops. But other rightwing groups likely have cops as members.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)He'll never call out far right groups.