FARMINGTON – A Farmington man pleaded guilty Friday to reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing. He had thrown a pipe bomb through a window while a family was sleeping last summer.
Mark Reynolds, 20, was released to his parents to remain under house arrest at 885 Whittier Road, so that he can get psychological treatment and medication, pending Feb. 20 sentencing.
Reynolds made a pipe bomb allegedly filled with gasoline and threw it through a window of a Barlen Street home in Farmington in the early morning hours of July 12.
The incendiary device did not go off. According to an affidavit, Reynolds said he made sure the pipe wouldn’t go off before he threw the bomb. His intent was to scare the family rather than hurt them.
In a separate incident, Reynolds also faces charges in connection with a drive-by shooting last March in New Sharon. In that case, Reynolds was charged in September with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon for allegedly shooting several bullets into a Lane Avenue home, just missing a teenager.
State prosecutor Andrew Robinson said Friday if the pipe bomb case had gone to trial, the father of the family would have testified that he awoke to the sound of breaking glass in the room where his son was sleeping. He discovered what appeared to be a pipe bomb and called police.
Reynolds was under the delusion that the father of the family was a terrorist, according to his affidavit. Robinson said that Reynolds admitted throwing a brick through the window followed by the pipe bomb.
Robinson said the man would have testified that the incident had a major impact on his family. He also said the man wants Reynolds to get treatment for psychological issues.
Reynolds’ attorney, Woody Hanstein, said that his client should be getting psychological treatment and medication.
At the time of the pipe bomb incident, Reynolds was concerned about Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and was confused, Hanstein said.
The house-arrest agreement allows Reynolds’ adoptive mother to get him medical treatment for psychological issues.
The agreement prohibits Reynolds from leaving the house without a parent. Both parents work so he may be alone at times, Hanstein said.
Justice Joseph Jabar put conditions on Reynolds’ release as requested by the state, which include staying away from Mount Blue High School and from Barlen Street, and having no contact directly or indirectly with any of the victims.
dperry@sunjournal.com
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