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Cache of guns found at alleged coup-plotter’s home

Murder suspect Raymond Peake had spoken of overthrowing the government

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Raymond Peake III
Raymond Peake III

Police have found a cache of over a dozen guns in the home of Raymond Peake, the Pennsylvania prison guard who allegedly murdered a man to steal his gun as part of a plan to overthrow the government, Fox affiliate WPMT is reporting.

Peake, 64, was charged a week ago with killing attorney Todd Getgen and stealing his semi-automatic rifle at a shooting range in Cumberland County. He later told police that he was collecting weapons to help an organization — which he would not name — that intends to overthrow the federal government.

The latest in the case is that police searched Peake’s home and found the other guns, several T-shirts that may be splattered with blood, and a copy of “Notes of a Russian Sniper,” Vassili Zaitsev’s account of hunting Nazis in Stalingrad during World War II.

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There’s still no word yet on what organization Peake belonged to. The district attorney did not immediately respond to Salon’s request for comment.


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