Investigators ask public for information on armed man arrested near West Chester 'No Kings' protest
New details after explosives found in home of Chester County man
New details have emerged surrounding the man arrested during the No Kings protest in West Chester. The new developments come after police found explosives inside of his Chester County home.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Investigators on Monday called for the public's help as they seek to learn more about 31-year-old Kevin Krebs, a Pennsylvania man who was arrested with a loaded gun and ammo near a ‘No Kings’ protest in June.
District Attorney Christopher De Barrena-Sarobe said investigators have so far found no manifesto or pre-written plan for an attack on the West Chester protest or any other public event.
"We continue to investigate whether this entire incident amounted to a thwarted act of domestic terrorism," De Barrena-Sarobe said.
What's new?:
Prosecutors share new information about man arrested near West Chester 'No Kings' protest
Prosecutors in Chester County commented on the ongoing investigation into an armed man who was stopped near a West Chester ‘No Kings’ protest.
Investigators are continuing to carefully comb through evidence to learn more about Kevin Krebs, weeks after he was arrested at the West Chester protest.
"We are still looking to gain as much insight into Kevin Krebs as possible," District Attorney Christopher De Barrena-Sarobe said. "His bomb-making history, his mindset, and we're asking the public for help."
He encouraged anyone with information on Krebs to contact local authorities or the FBI.
The backstory:
Officers from the West Chester Police Department on June 14 were alerted to an armed man walking towards an ongoing ‘No Kings’ protest.
The man, later identified as 31-year-old Kevin Krebs, was stopped and questioned by officers near the intersection of High and Gay streets.
Investigators said Krebs was dressed in multiple layers of clothing and told officers that he had a gun in his waistband and claimed to have a concealed carry permit.
Officers found two additional magazines for the handgun on Krebs, and six more magazines for a rifle that he had left in his car.
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7 pipe bombs found in home of man arrested near West Chester No Kings protest: police
Police found explosive device materials inside a home in Chester County where they say Kevin Krebs, the 31-year-old man arrested for unlawfully carrying a firearm near a West Chester No Kings protest Saturday, resides.
He was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed firearm without a license. Krebs was remanded on $250k bail.
A search of his home in Malvern, where Krebs lives with his brother, uncovered over a dozen improvised explosive devices and police seized over 20 firearms.
The home search also resulted in the discovery of a homemade silencer, a 3D printer with 2 3D printed ‘switches’ designed to make semi-automatics guns automatic.
Krebs was additionally charged for the explosives found inside the home.
What we don't know:
It's still unclear what Krebs' intentions were with the arsenal he's accused of having stockpiled.
He originally told investigators that "he wanted to go protest peacefully, but also wanted to be safe because of what he saw on TV and other places."
District Attorney Christopher De Barrena-Sarobe said on Monday that they have yet to find a manifesto or pre-written plan for an attack ont the protest or any other event.