(JNS) Law enforcement say a Florida man kept an arsenal of weapons with a clipboard naming targets associated with black and Jewish Americans.
Police officers in Margate, Fla., arrested John Lapinski, 41, on Oct. 31, charging him with being a felon possessing a gun and an unregistered silencer. Prosecutors had convicted Lapinski twice in 2005 for resisting an officer with violence.
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On Tuesday, prosecutors filed a factual proffer urging for Lapinski to remain behind bars, revealing the discoveries in his apartment in the Miami metropolitan area. Police came out on a call of shots fired and determined that Lapinski was their suspect. Walking through his residence, they found a variety of weapons.
John Lapinski, accused of plotting to assassinate South Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz, was first Baker Acted for shooting down his block, a convicted felon barred from having weapons ..
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Lapinski’s collection reportedly included an AR-15 platform rifle, a Black Aces Tactical FD 12 shotgun, a second shotgun, two handguns, body armor, smoke grenades and what police believed to be illegal, unregistered silencers.
Alongside his arsenal, law enforcement reported that they found a clipboard of “targets” that included Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and locations known for attracting black Americans and Jews, including a synagogue, Jewish cemetery, Jewish sandwich shop, parks and schools.
