Thread: James Holmes Legally Bought Arsenal of Guns, Chemicals

Jan 8, 2013 4:01pm

James Holmes Legally Bought Arsenal of Guns, Chemicals


(Image credit: Arapahoe County Sheriff/AP Photo)

By CAROL McKINLEY and CHRISTINA NG

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Accused Aurora shooter James Holmes legally bought thousands of bullets, explosives chemicals and four guns months before prosecutors say he opened fire on a crowded movie theater, an ATF agent testified today.

The agent testified on the second day of a preliminary hearing, which is essentially a mini-trial as prosecutors present witness testimony and evidence to outline their case against the former neuroscience student.

Agent Steve Beggs gave the prosecution a timeline that showed Holmes started his buying spree on May 10, 2012 with the online purchase of tear gas grenades. From then until July 14, Beggs testified, Holmes legally bought nearly 6,300 rounds of ammunition, two Glock .40 caliber pistols, a .223 caliber semi-automatic rifle, a 12-guage shotgun, ballistic protection clothing, beam laser lights, bomb-making material and handcuffs. Some of the purchases were made online and some were made in person.

Video surveillance taken as Holmes was buying several of the items in person showed that he had what Beggs described at “reddish-orange hair” at the time. Holmes hair was dyed the same striking color at the time of the shooting.

Holmes’ defense attorney Tamara Brady asked Beggs if there is a legal process to keep from selling these items legally in Colorado to a “severely mentally ill person.” Beggs answered that there is not.

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The hearing at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo., could last all week. Judge William Sylvester will decide whether the case will go to trial. Holmes’ attorneys have not yet said whether they plan on using a insanity defense, in which case Holmes could possibly be deemed unfit to stand trial.

Another possibility is that the hearing could set the stage for a plea deal.

If the case does not go to trial, this week’s hearing could be the only opportunity for public testimony and release of information in a case where gag orders and sealed documents have kept much of the evidence and information away from the public.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/james-holmes-legally-bought-arsenal-of-guns-chemicals/

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I want to know where impoverished student James Holmes came up with the at least ten grand he needed for all this stuff?

The other thing I want to know, is what was in his four prescription bottles the police seized from his apartment because one of the arresting officers said that James Holmes's pupils were severely dilated when he was arrested and that he kept smiling and smirking after arrest.

The evidence offered by officers observing Holmes upon arrest would suggest that James Holmes either has organic brain damage and or was under the influence of powerful psychotropic legal and or illegal drugs at the time of the massacre.

What drugs were in his system to cause his pupils to be heavily dilated like an LSD trip?

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

I want to know where impoverished student James Holmes came up with the at least ten grand he needed for all this stuff? . . .

W

7/23/2012

University of Colorado officials disclosed Monday that mass shooting suspect James Holmes was being paid $26,000 a year for his studies, money that could have financed the cache of firearms, ammunition and explosive devices found in his apartment.

Holmes received $26,000 a year for studies

@ http://www.alipac.us/f19/suspects-elaborate-arsenal-easily-available-261294/

Doctoral students receive free tuition, and most get federally sponsored 12-month grants of $26,000, about $500 a week. Holmes, who was not employed, bought an assault rifle, shotgun, two semi-automatic handguns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition in the months leading up to what police called a methodically planned shooting spree.
Officials say virtually no doctoral student has an outside job, given the intense nature of the program, which can take four or more years to complete.

Holmes received $26,000 a year for studies

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

. . . The other thing I want to know, is what was in his four prescription bottles the police seized from his apartment because one of the arresting officers said that James Holmes's pupils were severely dilated when he was arrested and that he kept smiling and smirking after arrest.

The evidence offered by officers observing Holmes upon arrest would suggest that James Holmes either has organic brain damage and or was under the influence of powerful psychotropic legal and or illegal drugs at the time of the massacre.

What drugs were in his system to cause his pupils to be heavily dilated like an LSD trip?

W

7/21/2012
James Holmes Reportedly Took Drugs Before Shooting Spree

James Holmes took Vicodin 2-and-a-half hours before yesterday's shooting rampage ... this according to a new report.

According to KMGH TV in Denver, Holmes took 100 mg of Vicodin late Thursday night.

Meanwhile a man who lived across the street from Holmes told the NY Post he used to "see him smoking weed behind the apartment." He told the paper, "Nobody ever really talked to him. He was alone a lot."

Holmes remains in custody and is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 AM on Monday.

James Holmes -- Reportedly Took Drugs Before Shooting Spree | TMZ.com

James Holmes Smoked Marijuana, Took Vicodin -- Reports

By Dennis RomeroMon., Jul. 23 2012 at 7:03 AM

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Suspected Aurora massacre shooter James Holmes took Vicodin before the attack and was also a marijuana smoker, according to reports posted over the weekend.The 24-year-old from San Diego who was in L.A. as a summer camp counselor in 2008 took 100 mg of Vicodin about 2-and-a-half hours before Friday morning's attack at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, reported the ABC news affiliate in Denver.

A report of his alleged weed smoking was attributed to the New York Post, but ...

... we couldn't find the story nowhere online. TMZ points to a piece that doesn't mention such toking, saying:

... A man who lived across the street from Holmes told the NY Post he used to "see him smoking weed behind the apartment." He told the paper, "Nobody ever really talked to him. He was alone a lot."

If true it could be bad news for medical cannabis advocates. Marijuana has a powerful, psychoactive component that, like legal, prescription drugs, has the potential to be abused.

Last year we reported that Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner was known to smoke pot and Salvia.

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http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/07/james_holmes_marijuana_vicodin_aurora.php

My preliminary Google search on dilated pupils and marijuana indicates there is a lot of dispute on the subject. Many argue that marijuana does not dilate pupils unless is consumed with other drugs like LSD or cocaine.

The officer said that Holmes's pupils were very noticeably large which does not sound like a symptom of marijuana and I am assuming that Holmes's pupils were being observed in the bright lights of police flashlights at the time which means his pupils were unresponsive to light.

Thanks for the good info JD2!

W