Air Force staffer’s sentencing reset in bomb case

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Federal sentencing of an Air Force staffer who pleaded guilty to possessing pipe bombs has been postponed until October.

Investigators say 24-year-old Justin Vangilder told an informant that he fantasized about using the bombs to kill child molesters and sought to “inflict as many casualties as possible.”

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