Overview
- Kevin Krebs was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty in December to possessing unregistered explosive devices.
- Police stopped Krebs near a No Kings protest in West Chester in June 2024 and found he was carrying a loaded handgun, extra ammunition, knives and other weapons while an AR-15 was located in his vehicle.
- Two days after the arrest, investigators searched Krebs’ Malvern home and recovered more than a dozen improvised explosive devices, including pipe bombs, detonator components and tactical gear.
- Krebs’ parents told the court he has lifelong developmental disabilities including autism and Krebs said he built the devices to blow up pumpkins, a claim the judge said she doubted.
- A separate county firearms prosecution charging illegal gun possession remains pending with a trial scheduled to begin soon, and the federal case illustrates how explosives and firearms can trigger parallel local and federal proceedings.