Job Gillette, a 25-year-old from Millsboro, was in possession of 17 Molotov cocktails.
A Molotov cocktail – no, not a fruity adult beverage, but a hand-thrown destructive weapon – has landed a Millsboro man in federal prison for more than seven years.
Job Gillette, a 25-year-old, will serve 87 months for possessing 17 Molotov cocktails, additional raw materials, an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle, ammunition and a ballistic vest.
The weapons were discovered after Gillette had threatened to “blow up or burn down” the group home where he lived.
According to court records, he also believed in the New World Order, a conspiratorial idea that powerful entities are manipulating governments to create a one-world totalitarian government.
READ: Job Gillette, a 25-year-old from Millsboro, was in possession of 17 Molotov cocktails.
Gillette took measures to maximize the harmful impact of his weapons by adding styrofoam to his Molotov cocktails to “help the burning liquid adhere to the target and create clouds of thick, choking smoke.”
He also added screws and nails to increase their destructive impact.
“Had Mr. Gillette been able to follow through with his plot, the impact could have been devastating for the group home and its residents,” said David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney. “This sentence should serve as a deterrent for anyone considering this similar violent conduct.”
Gillette was charged with four counts of possession of an unregistered destructive device, one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and one count of possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number.
Raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Jarek earned a B.A. in journalism and a B.A. in political science from Temple University in 2021. After running CNN’s Michael Smerconish’s YouTube channel, Jarek became a reporter for the Bucks County Herald before joining Delaware LIVE News.
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