Logan Sea Pallister, Homemade Bomb, Montana 2022

State: Montana
Category: Violent Crime
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Helena Man Handed 7.5 Years for Homemade Bombs and Silencer

GREAT FALLS — Logan Sea Pallister, 25, a Helena native, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for possessing homemade bombs and a silencer. The conviction followed an investigation by the Helena Police Department.

In May 2022, the Helena Police Department received information from a juvenile girl that Pallister possessed multiple bombs, had access to multiple firearms and had been making threats of committing an attack at a local high school.

According to court documents, Pallister showed the individual numerous firearms and a large amount of ammunition that he kept in his car. He also purchased a black trench coat and the same type of duffle bag used by the shooters in the Columbine High School attack.

Pallister showed the individual a homemade pipe bomb that he said he’d made and retrieved from his car. The individual later reported that Pallister threatened to kill her if she told anyone about what he had shown her.

On May 31, 2022, at approximately 4 a.m., police officers arrested Pallister as he was walking toward his car from his residence. Pallister was wearing a black trench coat, carrying a bag and had eight loaded firearms concealed on his person.

Following Pallister’s arrest, law enforcement searched his car and recovered nine additional firearms, miscellaneous firearms accessories, body armor, trigger modification systems and other materials. In a search of Pallister’s residence, law enforcement located a large quantity of ammunition and additional firearms parts.

Logan Sea Pallister, Pleaded Guilty to possession of unregistered destructive devices and to possession of an unregistered silencer. U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said that Pallister was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.

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