Years of gun collecting â and an embrace of right-wing political views â preceded the arrest of Ian Benjamin Rogers last week, according to the mother of the 44-year-old auto repair shop owner who remains jailed after authorities reported finding a large cache of weapons and ammunition at his Napa business and home.
In a telephone interview Monday, Elaine Bihn Kley described an accumulation of guns and ammunition by her son that concerned her, as well as an increasing alliance to President Trump and commentators of similar right-wing views.
Ian Benjamin Rogers Napa County Department of Corrections
âHe had the ammunition for years; he used to have it in the house when I cleaned,â said Kley, who described the Sonoma native, who was arrested Friday morning, as a devoted Fox News Channel watcher with pictures of Trump and President Ronald Reagan in his home.
Napa Man Arrested for Massive Stockpile of Guns & Weapons Napa Man Arrested Huge Stockpile of Guns & Weapons . Cops Say
44-year-old
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Benjamin Rogers was arrested Friday by the Napa County Sheriff s Office after they were tipped off about a huge stockpile of firepower at his house and business.
What deputies say they found is incredible, and not in a good way either more than 50 guns (several of which were unregistered/illegal), over 15,000 rounds of ammo and several POUNDS of gun powder.
Not only that, but the cops also claim they found 5 pipe bombs in Rogers safe which were later rendered safe by NCSO s bomb squad.