A Sand Lake man faces up to 42 years in prison after police allege he threatened them with explosives at a Michigan Trump rally, then drove through a checkpoint.
Steven William Nauta, 65, was arraigned in Grandville District Court on four felony courts over the incident on Friday near a Trump rally in Walker.
The charges include false report or threat of terrorism, possession of explosives with unlawful intent, fleeing police in the third degree, and resisting or obstructing a police officer. The most serious charge, threat of terrorism, comes with a potential 20 year prison sentence, Grandville District Court Judge Nicolas Christensen told Nauta on Monday.
A copy of Nauta’s criminal complaint obtained by CNN alleges Nauta “approached a traffic point at a highly populated political rally and was denied entrance. “Steven confessed that he then held up a bottle to police and stated that it was ‘C4’ explosive and that it was the ‘real deal,” the complaint read. “Steven also confessed that he then sped past the traffic point in a 35 mph zone, disobeying the officer’s command to stop.”
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