Kadin Hawkeye Lewis, Incendiary Devices Possession, Montana 2026

Billings, Montana – A Park County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for storing a cache of illegal incendiary devices in his trailer and planning an attack on Chico Hot Springs. Kadin Hawkeye Lewis, 24, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of possession of unregistered destructive devices.

On September 19, 2022, a call to law enforcement led officers to Lewis’ travel trailer in Pray, an unincorporated community in Park County, Montana. Once inside the trailer, officers discovered the body of a man who had multiple gunshot wounds to the top and back of the head.

A search of the trailer revealed eight Molotov cocktails stored in a cabinet, each bottle assembled with fuel and wicks. Elsewhere in the trailer, officers found dozens of empty bottles and rags that could be used to assemble more Molotov cocktails, as well as several journals and other writings belonging to Lewis.

In some of his journals, Lewis detailed his admiration of mass shooters and fantasized about using Molotov cocktails as destructive devices to attack Chico Hot Springs, a nearby resort. He wrote about using the Molotov cocktails and firearms to build up a “kill count” as high as possible, aiming for between “17 and 30 casualties.”

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided over the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Starnes prosecuted the case, with the FBI and Park County Sheriff’s Office conducting the investigation.

The exact date of the sentencing was not specified in the press release, but it stated that it occurred in 2026. Lewis will serve 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Kadin Hawkeye Lewis, a Park County resident, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing unregistered destructive devices.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/park-county-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-hoarding-cache-illegal-incendiary-devices