Ex-Cornell Student Who Hoarded Weapons in Collegetown Apartment Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

[Madmallard]

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Cornell student Maximilien R. Reynolds ’19 to two years in prison, concluding a case that began almost a year ago when a tip from a Walmart employee led to FBI agents busting through Reynolds’ Collegetown door.

The sentence followed Reynolds’ guilty plea in November, when he admitted that he had paid someone to purchase a rifle for him and had illegally possessed the rifle, as well as a silencer and makeshift bomb. Reynolds, 21, could be released before December because he has already been imprisoned for about 11 months and can earn a reduction in his sentence for good behavior, his lawyer said.

The raid of Reynolds’ apartment on Dryden Road in March 2018 uncovered a cache of weapons and protective gear, including the AR-15 rifle, 300 rounds of ammunition, knives, a bulletproof vest, a gas mask, a flare gun, a hack saw and more. As part of the plea deal, Reynolds also admitted to owning a handgun that police divers found at the bottom of the Cayuga Inlet about a month after the raid.

Ex-Cornell Student Who Hoarded Weapons in Collegetown Apartment Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

 

[Devildog9999]

Any idea what the hell he was planning?

 

[SomeSoldier]

If he was planning something maybe he needs to see seek counseling before being released?

 

[Phauxtoe]

i hope he was planning to buy more ammo, thats aint shit!

 

[Jmac00]

a flare gun, a hack saw and more.

ooh ya, that shit right there is good for six months all by themselves. Probably had a screw driver and plier too.

I guess they just had to had shit to the inventory

 

[mob732]

As soon as I get home from work I’m burying my hacksaw in the backyard!

 

[Deplorable Me]

N.Y. student with AR-15 scares off home intruder

 

[Camaro45th]

As soon as I get home from work I’m burying my hacksaw in the backyard!

Get a sawzall and cut it in half to make sure it can’t hurt anybody.

 

[DoD1776]

Any idea what the hell he was planning?

Well obviously nothing good....

 

[Defilade]

As soon as I get home from work I’m burying my hacksaw in the backyard!

Good God!! Imagine if he had a chainsaw?? WTF!!

 

[Catskillkid]

From the article: "The raid of Reynolds’ apartment on Dryden Road in March 2018 uncovered a cache of weapons and protective gear, including the AR-15 rifle, 300 rounds of ammunition, knives, a bulletproof vest, a gas mask, a flare gun, a hack saw and more. As part of the plea deal, Reynolds also admitted to owning a handgun that police divers found at the bottom of the Cayuga Inlet about a month after the raid."

From reading this and some other articles it sounds like the kid was mentally ill and suffering from paranoia and possibly some sort of schizophrenia. My understanding was that he thought somebody was going to try and harm him and he wasn't necessarily looking to go on a school shooting. He probably should be receiving treatment of some sort. If he's 19 years old I don't see how he can legally own a handgun. That admission probably is going to strip him of his firearms rights for life.

And yes, I it's laughable that they make a big deal about 300 rounds of ammo. It's been a while since I've done an ammo inventory but I probably have nearly 3,000 rounds of various calibers.

 

[Catskillkid]

Good God!! Imagine if he had a chainsaw?? WTF!!

Ha! They should see my basement. Guns, ammo, and chainsaws all in one room! The libs would crap their pants.

 

[Podmonkey]

I have around 10,000 rounds of various types in apartment. Half of it is 22lr though.

 

[DoD1776]

I have around 10,000 rounds of various types in apartment. Half of it is 22lr though.

OPSEC

 

[Podmonkey]

OPSEC

Oh who gives a shit? I have ammo shipped to the apartment office by the case where its sits till I get back. They don't care. It's not illegal.

 

[DoD1776]

Oh who gives a shit? I have ammo shipped to the apartment office by the case where its sits till I get back. They don't care. It's not illegal.

Ya just don’t know whose watching tho

 

[Marine Cpl]

Says the guy who posts his name, address, and face multiple times. If I was a crazy liberal or a gay stalker, I'd know where to find you.

 

[Darth]

Says the guy who posts his name, address, and face multiple times. If I was a crazy liberal or a gay stalker, I'd know where to find you.

One of those may have already found him.

Cupid be like:

 

[Marine Cpl]

Hey Dayton.

 

[TheMoneyPit]

Crazy this all started with a trip to Walmart and an employee calling police over him purchasing items they sell in their store.

No wonder I always get a weird look when I buy rope, duct tape, a cucumber and Vaseline...luckily they haven’t called the cops yet. Maybe if I added in a shovel and some ranch dressing that may be the tipping point.

 

[Catskillkid]

Crazy this all started with a trip to Walmart and an employee calling police over him purchasing items they sell in their store.

No wonder I always get a weird look when I buy rope, duct tape, a cucumber and Vaseline...luckily they haven’t called the cops yet. Maybe if I added in a shovel and some ranch dressing that may be the tipping point.

Reminds me of college. Every year we'd have an even where we hung banners as part of a larger competition. They'd be hung from the trees in the quad. Usually you'd stay up all night working on the banner for the next day. I was up all night and it was my job to hang the banners. I remember going to Walmart around 7:30 in the morning, red and bleary eyed from lack of sleep and asking a worker there where they kept rope and duct tape (to hang the banners). The look I got was priceless. They must've thought I had a bunch of co-eds locked in a basement dungeon. I probably looked like I did!

 

[C3D]

I used to live in the apartment building nextdoor on Dryden Rd. I didn’t have any guns but my roommate kept an illegal Glock .40 under his mattress. The next year I lived on Linden and bought a shotgun.

 

[Acer-m14]

Crazy this all started with a trip to Walmart and an employee calling police over him purchasing items they sell in their store.

go and buy some pantie hose for the clothes dryer vent and see the look you get .. LOL ..

this valentines i thought of getting my buds wife a card and cucumber .. second thoughts naww .. LOL .. still told them the plan .. he busted up laughin his ass off ..