Lazaro Aleman
ECB Publishing, Inc.
A Monticello man is being held without bond in the Leon County Detention Center on suspicion of a possible act of mass violence, after deputies found what is reported to have been a large cache of firearms, ammunition, homemade explosives and other contraband in his vehicle and home.
William Head III, 36, a licensed pharmacist and resident of East Bluebird Road in Jefferson County, was arrested on Sunday, March 19, according to court records.
Published reports in the Tallahassee Democrat and WCTV say that deputies found 25 guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, bulletproof vests and explosives in Head’s car.
Specifically, the court record shows that a search of Head’s vehicle yielded 10 handguns and 15 long guns of various makes and models; hundreds of rounds of ammunition of various makes and calibers; multiple empty and loaded weapon magazines for guns of various makes and models; binary explosive material; two bulletproof vests; a clear plastic straw with a white powdery residue; and a variety of pills.
Deputies later found at Head’s Jefferson County residence “10 to 15 bags of binary explosives, so named because they consist of two ingredients that aren’t dangerous until combined together, and two containers of mixed binary explosives,” according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
At his first court appearance on Tuesday, March 21, a Leon County judge granted a state attorney motion to hold Head without bond on the grounds that he may pose a danger to the community.
Head’s arrest reportedly resulted from calls to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office by citizens concerned about Head’s mental health, the number of weapons in his possession, and his disturbing behavior of late, including alleged incoherent and delusional statements, talk about the world ending on April 1, and threats against law enforcement.
Responding to the citizens’ concerns, deputies called Head to conduct a welfare check and he agreed to meet them in eastern Leon County, near the Jefferson County line, with officers from both sheriffs’ departments present. It was here that the deputies spotted guns and other contraband in plain sight in Head’s vehicle, a clear violation of a domestic violence injunction that barred him from carrying any weapons or ammunition.
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office arrest report is quoted stating that “Based on the deterioration of Head’s mental health, the statements made to deputies that he has ‘something set’ for them, the mixed binary explosives found with 25 firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and body armor, your affiant believes Head is planning or has planned to use these items in an incident that would cause harm to the citizens of Leon County.”
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