David Dwayne Cassady, Georgia prisoner.
Courtesy of the Georgia Department of Corrections
Man serving life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes in prison Georgia Two prisons were built bomb Prosecutors said he mailed them to an office building in the District of Columbia, a federal courthouse and a building in Anchorage, Alaska.
According to an indictment issued by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Statesboro, the accused bombmaker, David Cassady, 55, allegedly blew up two The device was placed in the mail at the Tattnall County Jail. , Georgia.
Bombs destined for Washington, D.C., were mailed to the Bond Building, whose tenants included the offices of the Department of Justice.
The indictment alleges that Casady manufactured and sent the bombs “with the intent of maliciously damaging or destroying, by fire or explosion, all or part of a building owned or leased to the United States” and “creating a substantial risk of injury to persons.”
Neither bomb exploded.
Cassady is charged with one count of manufacturing an unregistered destructive device; two counts of mailing a destructive device; and two counts of attempted malicious use of an explosive.
“Protecting our personnel and facilities is a fundamental duty of our office and our law enforcement partners,” said U.S. Attorney Jill Steinberg, who is prosecuting Casady. “We will also take action against prisoners who seek to commit crimes behind bars and harm members of the public.”
Asked to explain the more than four-year gap between Cassady’s alleged mail bomb and his indictment in the case, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Barry Parscale declined to comment.
Paschall said he could not comment on the details of the case beyond what is contained in the indictment.
The charging document does not describe how Cassady built the bombs while in prison, the size of the devices, how he mailed bombs from prison or why he chose the Justice Department headquarters, federal courthouse and buildings in Anchorage as his targets .
A spokesman for the Georgia Department of Corrections said, “Cassady was primarily able to convert items he was authorized to possess into improvised explosive devices.”
“We appreciate the support of our federal partners to ensure that this individual receives justice as he jeopardized the safe operations of our facilities and, most importantly, the safety of the public,” said spokesperson Joan Heath.
Cassady has a long criminal record, dating back to the late 1980s, when he was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of six counts of first-degree forgery.
Department of Corrections records show he was most recently incarcerated in 1993, when he was convicted of kidnapping, aggravated sodomy, impersonating an officer and false imprisonment.
Records show he was convicted in 2019 in the Tattnall County Jail of terroristic threats and conduct, making false statements, gang participation and conspiracy.
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