The Department of Justice charged a Texas man on Wednesday with purchasing and transporting explosives with the intent to attack police officers in Los Angeles during the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement riots last week.

Grzegorz Vandenberg, 48, allegedly asked store employees in New Mexico to assist him in selecting fireworks that could be used as weapons, telling employees that he was a special forces veteran, could make pipe bombs, and intended to take the explosives to use against police or government officials at the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.