{"id":2449048,"date":"2025-06-18T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-man-charged-in-plot-to-attack-officers-with-explosives-at-la-riots\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:36:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:36:58","slug":"texas-man-charged-in-plot-to-attack-officers-with-explosives-at-la-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-man-charged-in-plot-to-attack-officers-with-explosives-at-la-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man charged in plot to attack officers with explosives at LA riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-man-charged-in-plot-to-attack-officers-with-explosives-at-la-riots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Texas man, Grzegorz Vandenberg, has been charged by the Department of Justice for allegedly planning to attack police officers using explosives during recent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Vandenberg, 48, reportedly sought assistance from store employees in New Mexico to select fireworks he could use as weapons, claiming he was a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-send-in-the-green-berets-special-forces-vets-launch-congressional-campaigns\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Send in the Green Berets: Special Forces Vets Launch Congressional Campaigns\">special forces veteran<\/a> capable<\/a> of making pipe bombs. The FBI and Attorney general Pam Bondi emphasized their commitment to prosecuting threats against law enforcement. If convicted, Vandenberg faces a potential sentence of up to ten years in federal prison. This charge follows that of five other protesters faced with various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perry-verdict-shows-urgency-to-confront-blue-city-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Perry Verdict Displays Urgency To Face Blue City&#039;s&#039;s Attorneys\">felony charges related<\/a> to the riots.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Texas man charged in plot to attack officers with explosives at LA riots<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<style>.tpd-featured-video.youtube{position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%}.tpd-featured-video.youtube>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%}.tpd-featured-video.in-content{margin-bottom:2em}<\/style>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"llegal immigrant charged for throwing Molotov cocktail during Los Angeles riots\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0vD8AnGeXq8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> charged a Texas man on Wednesday with purchasing and transporting explosives with the intent to attack police officers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a> during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> riots last week.<\/p>\n<p>Grzegorz Vandenberg, 48, allegedly asked store employees in New Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/texas-man-charged-federally-receipt-and-transport-explosives-intended-use-against-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to assist him in selecting fireworks that could be used as weapons<\/a>, telling employees that he was a special forces veteran, could make pipe bombs, and intended to take the explosives to use against police or government officials at the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3446304\/los-angeles-official-ice-impersonators-stoking-tensions\/\">Los Angeles official warns &lsquo;bad players&rsquo; impersonating ICE could be stoking tensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3446320\/treasury-department-mexican-cartel-sanctions\/\">Treasury Department sanctions five leaders of Mexican cartel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3446337\/karen-read-not-guilty-murder-retrial\/\">Karen Read found not guilty of murdering her police officer boyfriend in retrial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The case follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3442765\/ice-los-angeles-prosecutions-rioters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the charging of five other protesters<\/a> by the DOJ on Tuesday, with those charges including felony counts of assault, vandalism, and grand theft.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi said, &ldquo;Threats like these strike at the heart of law and order &mdash; we will not hesitate to bring federal charges against anyone who seeks to harm law enforcement or endanger the safety of our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel added, &ldquo;Our message is clear: If you come after law enforcement officers, the FBI will spare no effort to find you and bring you to justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3442765\/ice-los-angeles-prosecutions-rioters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ICE UPRISINGS: WHERE LA STANDS WITH PROSECUTING RIOTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3444804\/la-riots-charges-protesters-arson-assault-nathan-hochman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State and local officials are also pursuing charges<\/a> against violent anti-ICE rioters, with LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman saying Tuesday, &ldquo;While we will always defend the right to peacefully protest, we will not disregard criminal behavior that puts the lives of officers and others at risk or compromises public safety.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If Vandenberg is convicted of his current charges, he could face up to a decade in federal prison.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas man charged for planning to use explosives against police at LA riots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2449049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA-riot-smoke-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[57408,5819,3694],"class_list":["post-2449048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-man-charged","tag-plot","tag-texas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/LA-riot-smoke-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449052,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449048\/revisions\/2449052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}