Man tied to supremacists held without bond

The Associated Press

July 9, 2009 - 9:50AM

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri man with ties to alleged white supremacists charged in an Arizona bombing will be held in prison without bond.

Bombing case suspect could be released

U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge James C. England ordered Robert N. Joos held without bond on a charge of being a felon in possession of firearms.

Federal prosecutors say an undercover investigation found that people involved in the white supremacist movement in the U.S. met for survival training at Joos' property.

England said in his Wednesday ruling that a search of Joos' property found more than a dozen firearms, blasting caps, gunpowder and fuses.

Joos was arrested as part of an investigation into a mail bombing in Scottsdale that injured a black city official.

On Feb. 26, 2004, a package detonated in the hands of Don Logan, the city's diversity director at the time, in the city's Human Resources Complex. The explosion injured Logan's hand and arm and hurt a secretary.

Prosecutors allege that the first call one of the suspects made after the bombing was to Joos.

Bombing case suspect could be released

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