Man pleads guilty to explosives use tied to abortion clinic

Source: Associated Press

Man pleads guilty to explosives use tied to abortion clinic

Updated 2:59 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2016

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A homeless man has pleaded guilty to criminal use of explosives after he went to apply for a job a Wichita abortion clinic with a small bottle of gunpowder and a wick in his backpack.

Moises R. Trevizo Jr., 20, admitted Monday to the charge, which stemmed from his arrest in August, The Wichita Eagle reported (http://bit.ly/1VUH7x2 ). His trial had been scheduled to start the same day, and he is now scheduled to be sentenced June 24 in Sedgwick County District Court.

The explosives charge carries a sentence of 17 to 19 months, Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office spokesman Dan Dillon told The Associated Press on Tuesday. But because Trevizo has no criminal record, he likely will be placed on probation.

Trevizo went to the South Wind Women's Center, which opened in 2013 in the building where Dr. George Tiller provided abortions before being killed in 2009, in August to apply for a job. A security guard at the clinic discovered the homemade explosive device, along with clothing and several knives, while searching the man's backpack, which police said held everything Trevizo owned.



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