Overview
- A U.S. Park Ranger’s encounter on June 19 with a parked BMW triggered the case when officers found knives, drug materials and two loaded firearms under the vehicle’s floorboards.
- Eugene Albert Horsch was arrested after the June 19 encounter and charged with illegal gun possession and drug crimes; he is being held on $500,000 bail at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
- Searches of Horsch’s Olney rowhouse this week uncovered a firearm, large caches of ammunition, evidence of a marijuana grow operation, urns and a 55-gallon drum with water-line connections.
- Police withdrew from the home after finding chemicals in the basement that could be hazardous or explosive and requested FBI and HAZMAT assistance for forensic analysis.
- Officials say there is no confirmed discovery of human remains and the homicide unit is leading the probe while investigators work to determine whether the falsified ID connects the case to a woman reported missing in 2023.