Bucks County prosecutors and law enforcement filed terrorism charges against 32-year-old murder defendant Justin Mohn on Thursday, according to court records.
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Mohn had three counts of terrorism, two additional counts of possession of an instrument of crime, and one count each of robbery, firearms not to be carried without a license, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal use of a communication facility, terroristic threats, and defiant trespassing added to his case.
The resident of Middletown Township’s Levittown section was already facing charges of murder in the first degree, abuse of a corpse, and possession of an instrument of crime.
Mohn remains at the Bucks County Correctional Facility without bail awaiting an early April preliminary hearing.
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Mohn shot his dad, Michael, 68, dead before decapitating him with a knife and machete inside the family’s home at 145 Upper Orchard Drive in Middletown Township’s Levittown section on Tuesday, January 30.
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After posting a disturbing 14-minute video to YouTube and displaying his dad’s head, he fled Bucks County in his dad’s car. Mohn was captured several hours later inside the secured portion of the Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania National Guard training complex in Lebanon County by the base’s police department and Pennsylvania State Police.
Mohn, purporting to lead a militia, aimed to recruit state-level officials to help overthrow the federal government, targeting specific federal officials, including President Joe Biden, according to police accounts and his video posted to social media.
In the video, Mohn ordered people across the country to kill and torture federal employees.
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Mohn’s father was a longtime federal employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Philadelphia.
While serving a search warrant at the family home where the killing happened early the next morning, investigators uncovered a single 9mm shell casing, a large kitchen knife, and a machete at the crime scene. A search of Mohn’s bedroom revealed the computer used to upload the video and blood-stained furniture. There was also evidence of plans to distribute the message across multiple platforms, including YouTube.
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Upon his arrest at Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard training complex, authorities found a USB device that was discovered to contain photos of federal buildings and instructions for making explosive devices, police said.
Authorities, according to court papers, found that Mohn legally purchased the firearm the day before the killing from a gun store in Bristol Township’s Croydon section.
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Pennsylvania State Police learned that Mohn did not possess a valid license to carry a concealed firearm or a valid sportsman’s permit, investigators said.
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Mohn, a Neshaminy High School and 2014 Penn State University graduate, had “no history of diagnosed mental health issues” or mental health commitments, District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said earlier this month.
In addition to Middletown Township police and Bucks County Detectives, the FBI, Fort Indiantown Gap Police Department, and Pennsylvania State Police have been involved in the probe. The U.S. Marshals Service was involved due to the threat against a court official.
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