An Escondido home filled with explosives goes up in flames (KTLA-TV) |
ESCONDIDO ( KTLA) -- In federal court, Monday, a 54-year-old Escondido man admitted that he made a large assortment of explosives and kept them in his rented home and used a firearm in two bank robberies.
According to U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, George Djura Jakubec, Serbian emigrant and unemployed software consultant, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years in prison on the bank robbery charges.
Jakubec, was arrested November 18 after a gardener was injured in a backyard explosion at a home on Via Scott, which is just outside the city limits of Escondido in northern San Diego County.
On December 9, the home was destroyed in a controlled burn after San Diego County authorities determined that the explosives were to volatile to remove safely.
In the plea agreement between prosecutors and Jakubec's attorney, no motive for the bomb-making is suggested, but Jakubec's estranged wife had told reporters that her husband was mentally unstable.
No additional prison time will be requested beyond the 30 years for the bank robberies under the plea bargain.
Sentencing for Jakubec is set for June 13 in federal court.
As part of the plea, he agreed to pay the cost of the controlled burn, $541,000, to the county government and $54,892 to Bank of America, which holds the mortgage on the home.
Blasting caps and parts of grenades were among the explosives found inside the home.
Officials said chemicals similar to those used by Al Qaeda terrorists were also found.
Authorities said there was no evidence that Jakubec used the homemade arsenal in any crimes.
Jakubec has remained in federal prison since his arrest.
According to U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, George Djura Jakubec, Serbian emigrant and unemployed software consultant, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years in prison on the bank robbery charges.
Jakubec, was arrested November 18 after a gardener was injured in a backyard explosion at a home on Via Scott, which is just outside the city limits of Escondido in northern San Diego County.
On December 9, the home was destroyed in a controlled burn after San Diego County authorities determined that the explosives were to volatile to remove safely.
In the plea agreement between prosecutors and Jakubec's attorney, no motive for the bomb-making is suggested, but Jakubec's estranged wife had told reporters that her husband was mentally unstable.
No additional prison time will be requested beyond the 30 years for the bank robberies under the plea bargain.
Sentencing for Jakubec is set for June 13 in federal court.
As part of the plea, he agreed to pay the cost of the controlled burn, $541,000, to the county government and $54,892 to Bank of America, which holds the mortgage on the home.
Blasting caps and parts of grenades were among the explosives found inside the home.
Officials said chemicals similar to those used by Al Qaeda terrorists were also found.
Authorities said there was no evidence that Jakubec used the homemade arsenal in any crimes.
Jakubec has remained in federal prison since his arrest.
