United States v. Jordan S. Gonzalez
United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey
L. Judson Welle Francisco J. Navarro
Assistant United States Attorneys
Overview
• Defendant has been convicted of: – Attempting to develop, produce, and possess the
lethal toxins ricin and abrin for use a weapon; – Possessing a three-neck round-bottom flask
intending that it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance
• The Government respectfully requests that the Court impose a prison sentence of 70 to 87 months’ imprisonment
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Overview of Search Locations
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Location # 1 Location
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Search Location # 1
Jersey City Apartment
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Search Location # 2
Jersey City Storage Unit
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Search Location # 3
Manhattan Apartment
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Response Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Response Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Response Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Response Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Interior Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Interior Photos
Location # 1 - Jersey City
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Interior Photos
Location # 3 - Manhattan
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Castor Beans Rosary Peas
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Extraction Equipment Materials needed to extract ricin and abrin and manufacture drugs, including:
– Rock tumbler – Laboratory
equipment – Chemicals
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Delivery Systems Projectile weapons
• Crossbow • Throwing knives • Swords
Sprayer DMSO
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Explosive Precursors • Sodium Azide • Hexamine • Potential shrapnel
for IEDs
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Conventional Weapons • Firearm and
assault rifle parts – High capacity
magazines
• Body Armor • Ammunition
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Manuals/Guides • Manuals/Books
– Guides for ricin extraction
– Illicit Use of Bio-Weapons
– “Doomsday” preparation
– Anarchist’s Cookbook
– IED construction
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Ricin Extraction & Explosives Guides • “Preparation
of Toxic Ricin” (depicted in redacted form)
• Ricin Manual – “as close to a perfect
poison as is available.” – “odorless, tasteless,
undetectable, untreatable, and fatal in minute dose”
• RDX Manual – “much easier to make in
the home than all other high explosives”
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Narcotics Recipe in Defendant’s Handwriting
“Ingredients in meth include…”
“Heroin is created by boiling
morphine and acetic anhydride
over a stove.”
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United States v. �Jordan S. GonzalezOverviewOverview of Search Locations�Search Location # 1 �Jersey City Apartment�Search Location # 2�Jersey City Storage Unit�Search Location # 3 �Manhattan ApartmentResponse PhotosResponse PhotosResponse PhotosResponse PhotosInterior PhotosInterior PhotosInterior Photos Castor Beans Rosary PeasExtraction EquipmentDelivery SystemsExplosive PrecursorsConventional WeaponsManuals/GuidesRicin Extraction & Explosives GuidesNarcotics Recipe in �Defendant’s Handwriting