Man Gets 6 Years In Prison For Taking Explosives To Church Hosting Annual Red Mass For Justices

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for taking homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing for an annual Mass celebrating the start of the Supreme Court’s term. Louis Geri declined to address the court before a federal judge sentenced him Monday to five years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Geri was arrested last October outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, where he set up a tent containing more than 100 homemade explosives before the Red Mass. Some justices usually attend the celebration, but none went to last year’s ceremony.