Royal Trails Man Arrested With Bomb Making Material

    A search warrant of a Royal Trails home found booby traps, incendiary devices, and a large stash of bomb-making materials that reportedly were being gathered for an eventual, large-scale explosive event.
   Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the home of Markus Fricke at 30927 Tulip Avenue, in the East Lake County area of Eustis on July 15 after a resident there fled the home when they became concerned about what was being assembled and statements by Fricke that he was planning to commit suicide by blowing himself up in the house in an explosion big enough to include surrounding homes.
   Using a robot, deputies searched the home and found at least four ‘functional destructive devices’, as well as trip wire systems to activate them.
   In addition to a variety of other chemicals and incendiary devices, including fifty pounds of Ammonium Nitrate and black powder, deputies found ‘a significant amount’ of anti-semitic literature, pressure/motion sensors, and more.
   Reports state Fricke was known to law enforcement for some time, with deputies having responded to the home in the past for situations including the suspect firing gunshots into his attic due to the belief people were living there.
   On Tuesday, he was being held without bail in the Lake County Jail on charges that included possessing a destructive device, threat to throw, project, or place or discharge a destructive device, and possession of a short-barreled shotgun.