WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – A Topeka man faces sentencing for his role in a foiled plan to detonate a bomb at the Fort Riley military post to kill and maim as many U.S. service members as possible.
Alexander Blair has told the judge he made a big mistake and blames a genetic disorder for allowing others to take advantage of him.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree will weigh such factors Wednesday as he calculates how much prison time, if any, Blair should serve.
Blair pleaded guilty in May to a conspiracy count that carries up to five years’ imprisonment. He admitted loaning John T. Booker $100, knowing it would be used to pay for storage of a bomb Booker planned to detonate in April 2015 at Fort Riley.
During the plea hearing in May Blair admitted he conspired with co-defendant John T. Booker, Jr. also of Topeka. He’s quoted as saying “that’s what they signed up for” when asked about Booker’s plan for American service members to die in the bombing. During an investigation, law enforcement officers learned Blair loaned Booker money for the purpose of renting a storage unit to store components for a bomb, knowing Booker’s intent to detonate a bomb at Fort Riley and to “kill as many soldiers as possible.”
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