Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Authorities found manuals in containers labeled "Anarchism" and "Revolution," as well as disguises in Roberto Rivera's home, according to the Attorney General.
A doctor accused of stockpiling bomb-making chemicals and assault weapons in his Ridgewood home had how-to manuals in containers marked "Anarchism" and "Revolution", Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said Wednesday. Dr. Roberto Rivera, 60, was arrested Nov. 16 at a Union Street apartment after authorities claim to have found 2.5 liters of nitric acid in a basement freezer. Hydrogen peroxide, glycerin, sulfuric acid, calcium hypochlorite, and potassium perchlorate – all of which can be used to create bombs – were also found, authorities charged. Ten pounds of thermite used to detonate explosives, unlicensed high-powered firearms, trigger mechanisms and even disguises were also confiscated from the property, authorities said. “Police also …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Roberto Rivera, 60, appeared in front of Bergen County Central Municipal Court Judge Jae Y. Kim on charges he posed a public threat.
Clad in an baggy orange jail jumpsuit, a medical doctor accused of stockpiling bomb-making chemicals and a bevy of weapons at a Ridgewood home expressed little emotion at his first court appearance Tuesday morning. Roberto Rivera, 60, appeared in front of Bergen County Central Municipal Court Judge Jae Y. Kim on charges he posed a public threat by storing “a large amount of a highly volatile chemical commonly used for bomb-making” while also possessing several assault weapons and a stun gun. During the ten minute hearing held at the Hackensack jail’s courtroom, the doctor said little but to tell Judge Kim he understood the nature of his charges and had not determined who, if anyone, would represent him legally. Kim entered a plea of not …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Roberto Rivera sued St. Vincent's hospital in 2007 after the hospital terminated him when he did not submit to a psychiatric evaluation in the wake of stalking allegations by a nurse.
A doctor charged Saturday with possessing a large quantity of chemicals used in bomb-making spent 15 years on the staff of a Manhattan hospital until he was fired in 2006 for refusing to submit to a psychiatric evaluation when a nurse accused him of stalking her, court records show. Roberto Rivera, 60, was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage after federal and local authorities found precursor chemicals used in the making of explosives in the basement of a Ridgewood house, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release Saturday afternoon. Rivera was being held Sunday night on $1 million bail. Authorities did not release any additional information Sunday about the arrest. Molinelli called at …
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Saturday, November 17, 2012
Authorities raid Union Street home, say they've recover highly volatile bomb-making chemical and assault rifles.
A New York doctor who was active in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 was charged Saturday with possessing a large quantity of chemicals used in bomb-making, hours after authorities conducted a raid on the Ridgewood house in which he lived, officials said. Roberto Rivera, 60, a medical doctor, was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage after FBI agents and members of the Bergen County bomb squad found precursor chemicals used in the making of explosives, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release Saturday afternoon. Molinelli called at least one of the chemicals "highly volatile," but authorities did not disclose the names of the chemicals found in the house. Rivera was being held on $1 …
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