I now realize that this case is going to drag on for a while, so I'm going to emulate the way I'm following the Larson case and create a thread every two months instead of creating a new thread every time I have an update
This is a case that seems destined for appellate review. The legal questions raised in Ohiocel's prosecution range from the Fourth Amendment to the Commerce Clause, to Chevron deference and statutory interpretation.
Background
Has already been covered previously on this forum, by the media (Cincinnati Enquirer, Washington Post, New York Times), and by Reddit.
In March 2020, Tres Genco, a white manlet in rural Ohio and self-proclaimed incel, engaged in a heated argument with his mother with whom he lived. Local police were dispatched to the scene, and in order to de-escalate the situation, they asked for and obtained consent from Genco to conduct a warrantless search of his bedroom for a Glock handgun. During the search for the handgun, a detective read Genco's private, handwritten notes that allegedly detailed Genco's plans to commit a mass shooting.
Based on these notes, the detective, now with the assistance of the ATF and the FBI, returned with a search warrant and seized Genco's electronic devices, two firearms, and other items. Genco was charged in county count on one count of making a terroristic threat under Ohio state law. He entered an Alford plea and in October 2020 was sentenced to 17 months in county jail, a sentence which he has already served.
Genco had been released on parole for two months and was gainfully employed when in July 2021, federal authorities re-arrested him and unsealed an indictment charging Genco for the same conduct that the state of Ohio had already punished him for. Genco faces one count of an attempted hate crime involving an attempt to kill, and one count of possession of a machine gun; he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and ten years' imprisonment on these two counts respectively.
More specifically, Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Gaffney-Painter alleges that Genco's activities (maintaining profiles on a particular incel forum, personal writings, acquiring certain items of clothing, possession of firearms and body armor, joining the U.S. Army, internet research on police scanner codes and university sororities, and physical surveillance of a particular university) constituted an "attempt to kill women". In addition, the Glock handgun in Genco's possession allegedly had its rear rails illegally modified.
The case is being overseen by Judge Susan J. Dlott. Genco is currently detained at the Butler County Jail.
Latest updates
Last week, Genco's attorneys filed the following two briefs, reinforcing their bid to have the evidence against him suppressed, and both counts dismissed.
The U.S. government's response briefs are due on 24th November.
Would be happy to answer any questions.
This is a case that seems destined for appellate review. The legal questions raised in Ohiocel's prosecution range from the Fourth Amendment to the Commerce Clause, to Chevron deference and statutory interpretation.
Background
Has already been covered previously on this forum, by the media (Cincinnati Enquirer, Washington Post, New York Times), and by Reddit.
In March 2020, Tres Genco, a white manlet in rural Ohio and self-proclaimed incel, engaged in a heated argument with his mother with whom he lived. Local police were dispatched to the scene, and in order to de-escalate the situation, they asked for and obtained consent from Genco to conduct a warrantless search of his bedroom for a Glock handgun. During the search for the handgun, a detective read Genco's private, handwritten notes that allegedly detailed Genco's plans to commit a mass shooting.
Based on these notes, the detective, now with the assistance of the ATF and the FBI, returned with a search warrant and seized Genco's electronic devices, two firearms, and other items. Genco was charged in county count on one count of making a terroristic threat under Ohio state law. He entered an Alford plea and in October 2020 was sentenced to 17 months in county jail, a sentence which he has already served.
Genco had been released on parole for two months and was gainfully employed when in July 2021, federal authorities re-arrested him and unsealed an indictment charging Genco for the same conduct that the state of Ohio had already punished him for. Genco faces one count of an attempted hate crime involving an attempt to kill, and one count of possession of a machine gun; he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and ten years' imprisonment on these two counts respectively.
More specifically, Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Gaffney-Painter alleges that Genco's activities (maintaining profiles on a particular incel forum, personal writings, acquiring certain items of clothing, possession of firearms and body armor, joining the U.S. Army, internet research on police scanner codes and university sororities, and physical surveillance of a particular university) constituted an "attempt to kill women". In addition, the Glock handgun in Genco's possession allegedly had its rear rails illegally modified.
The case is being overseen by Judge Susan J. Dlott. Genco is currently detained at the Butler County Jail.
Latest updates
Last week, Genco's attorneys filed the following two briefs, reinforcing their bid to have the evidence against him suppressed, and both counts dismissed.
The U.S. government's response briefs are due on 24th November.
Would be happy to answer any questions.
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