2nd Teen Charged In Bomb, Gun Case
Ex-Montgomery Police Intern Jailed
By Dan Morse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 2, 2008; B01
Montgomery County detectives yesterday charged a second teenager in an ongoing bombmaking investigation, saying the youth worked at one of their precincts and stole department letterhead paper to help obtain products restricted to law enforcement officers.
Court records allege that the duo, ages 18 and 17, tested pipe bombs three times in a Gaithersburg field, going back to last summer. Their ultimate intentions remain unclear.
Investigators have said that the 18-year-old, Collin McKenzie-Gude of Bethesda, was compiling a list of addresses of teachers at St. John's College High School in the District, the private high school from which he recently graduated.
Police say they found a cache of assault rifles, armor-piercing ammunition, bulletproof vests, bombmaking components and explosive chemicals inside McKenzie-Gude's bedroom.
Steven D. Kupferberg, an attorney for McKenzie-Gude, has not returned phone calls or e-mails from The Washington Post.
The second youth, 17, turned himself in yesterday to Montgomery's 1st District Station in Rockville, where he served as a student intern from May 19 until he became a suspect in the case.
He was charged as a juvenile with theft, computer misuse and conspiracy.
Police did not release his name because he is not charged as an adult.
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