Even prosecutors say the ragtag group called the Alabama Free Militia had no intended target and was simply stockpiling munitions, said [attorney Scott] Boudreaux, who plans to meet this weekend with his client, Raymond Kirk Dillard, 46, of Collinsville, a supposed major in the paramilitary group.
"Frankly, I don't think that's a big deal," said Boudreaux. "It seems to be much ado about nothing."[...]
The informant was at the home of Cole, an alleged militia lieutenant, about two months ago when he saw grenades, according to the document, a sworn statement by ATF agent Adam Nesmith. Investigators found more weapons as they monitored the group through the informant and with video and audio surveillance, Nesmith said.
During the raid, agents recovered 130 hand grenades, a grenade launcher, about 70 hand grenades rigged to be fired from a rifle, a machine gun, a short-barrel shotgun, 2,500 rounds of ammunition, explosives components, stolen fireworks and other items.
Six Alabama men who are allegedly members of the "Alabama Free Militia" -- an anti-federal government group -- have been charged with conspiracy to make a firearm after federal agents raided a camper on a farm in northeast Alabama last Thursday, where they found grenades and thousands of rounds of ammunition. A lawyer for one of the men say the government's haul wasn't that exciting.
