Welcome to Arrest Stories. A forty-one-year-old New Jersey man was arrested outside a Washington D.C. cathedral with over two hundred explosive devices just before a high-profile Mass attended by Supreme Court justices. Here's what may have happened.

Louis Geri set up a tent on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle this past Sunday morning, directly before the Red Mass ceremony honoring the District of Columbia's legal community. The timing was particularly significant as Supreme Court justices were scheduled to attend this annual blessing service.

According to official reports, Geri had previously been barred from the cathedral premises but refused to leave when confronted. Inside his tent, authorities discovered vials of liquid and what they describe as more than two hundred suspicious devices. The Metropolitan Police Department's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team and Arson Task Force immediately responded to secure the scene.

When officers approached, Geri allegedly made chilling statements. "You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives bombs," he reportedly told police. He continued with increasingly threatening language, stating "Several of your people are gonna die from one of these" and offering to demonstrate the devices' capabilities by creating "a hole in the street" or taking out a tree.

Investigators seized writings from the tent expressing what officials describe as animosity toward multiple targets including the Roman Catholic Church, Jewish people, the U.S. Supreme Court, and federal immigration officials. These documents revealed a pattern of hatred toward various institutions and communities.

This arrest follows a troubling history for Geri. In May twenty twenty-one, he exposed himself at a Scottsdale doughnut shop while standing behind a woman and child. He was later convicted and served time in Arizona prison until May twenty twenty-three.

Geri now faces charges of unlawful entry and threats to kidnap or injure a person. He is currently being held without bond as the investigation continues.

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