Santa Maria Court Bomber Pleads Guilty, Federal Judge Sets Sentencing Date

Man Admits to Bombing Santa Maria Courthouse in Retaliation over Seized Gun

After signing a plea agreement, 22-year-old Nathaniel McGuire faces up to 30 years in federal prison.

Santa Maria Court Bomber Pleads Guilty, Federal Judge Sets Sentencing Date

A U.S. District Court judge on Monday formally accepted a change of plea and set a 2027 sentencing date for the 22-year-old man who admitted detonating a bomb in the Santa Maria Court Complex lobby two years ago, sending five people to the hospital. Nathaniel James McGuire’s change of plea hearing occurred Monday morning before […]

Deputies took his guns. He admitted to bombing a California courthouse in retaliation

Nathaniel McGuire admitted in a plea agreement to trying to kill sheriff's deputies and a judge in Santa Barbara County in retaliation for authorities confiscating his firearms.

California Man Pleads Guilty to Bombing Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Retaliation for Law Enforcement Seizing His Firearms - FINCHANNEL

California Man Pleads Guilty to Bombing Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Retaliation for Law Enforcement Seizing His Firearms

California man pleads guilty to bombing state courthouse

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CN) — A California man pleaded guilty on Monday to detonating a bomb in a Santa Barbara County courthouse in 2024 in retaliation for county sheriff’s deputies’ seizing his firearms. Nathaniel McGuire, 22, admitted that he used a weapon of mass destruction and that he maliciously destroyed a building with an explosive at his change-of-plea hearing in Riverside, California, federal court. Five people were injured by the bomb tha…

Santa Maria courthouse bombing suspect faces life sentence after pleading guilty

A Santa Maria man has pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges tied to the bombing that took place at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria in 2024.