KINGMAN – A court ordered bond reduction increases the opportunity for a Bullhead City man to be released from custody while awaiting trial for allegedly constructing a bomb at the home he shares with his grandmother.
Bryan Chambers, 23, is still held at the Adult Detention Facility in Kingman following his May 7 arrest when authorities reported seizure of an explosive device within a residence at 793 Church Street. During a Tuesday hearing at the Mohave County Law and Justice Center, Superior Court Judge Megan McCoy lowered Chambers’ bond from $1.5 million to $30,000. Legal defender Ron Gilleo said he is uncertain his client, family and friends are able to post bond to secure Chambers’ release. While he faces making a terrorist threat and weapons related offenses, Chambers poses no threat to the general public, according to Gilleo.
“He’s not a terrorist. He loves America. He’s a patriot,” Gilleo said after the hearing. “He’s a polite young kid. He’s not the things we’ve seen on TV recently where people are burning and destroying and assaulting officers and anti-government stuff, particularly the federal government – he’s nothing like that.”
A monitored phone call involving Chambers and his grandmother speaking with his inmate father at a prison in Yuma yielded the information that led to the search of the Church Street property in Bullhead City. Chambers told investigators he was merely joking when he referenced the Laughlin Bridge after his father asked about what he intended to do with what his son called a “firecracker.”
Gilleo believes Chambers will resolve his case short of trial through plea agreement.
“I think we’re going to be able to work a plea out at some point,” Gilleo said. “I’ve got to talk more with my client about that.”
Dave Hawkins
