The Bucks County district attorney said Friday that murder suspect Justin Mohn entered a National Guard training camp after beheading his father in an attempt to mobilize troops against the federal government.
Authorities have released new information from the ongoing investigation into Mone, a Pennsylvania man charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse after holding up his father’s severed head in a YouTube video.
Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schoen told reporters that in the 14-minute video, Mohn made a “call to arms for American patriots” to “kill federal agents.” He also claims to be the commander of a national militia network called the “Morns Militia,” which calls on “all militia members and patriots throughout the United States” to arrest federal law enforcement officials and obtain information. He ordered that he be tortured and publicly executed.
The video was later removed by YouTube for violating the platform’s policies on violence. Police are investigating communications on the messaging app Discord related to Mohn’s calls for violence, the district attorney said.
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Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schoen held a press conference on February 2, 2024, to identify Justin Mohn, 32, who is accused of decapitating his father and holding his severed head in a YouTube video. revealed details of the investigation. (WTXF)
Schon called the calls to violence “incredibly concerning” and praised Middletown Township police and other law enforcement officials who worked quickly to apprehend the suspect.
Officials say around 7 p.m. Tuesday, officers were dispatched to a report of a deceased man at a home in the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive in the Levittown section of Middletown Township, a Philadelphia suburb.
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When officers arrived and discovered the decapitated body of Michael F. Mone, 68, a federal employee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, they immediately began a murder investigation. The caller was the victim’s wife, Denise Mohn, who found her husband dead and her 2009 Toyota Corolla and her son, Justin Mohn, missing from her home. Reported missing.
Investigators found a machete and a large knife next to the deceased in the first floor bathroom bathtub. The victim’s head was found inside a plastic bag, which was placed in a cooking pot next to the bathroom in a first-floor bedroom. Police said a pair of bloodstained rubber gloves were also found in a first-floor bedroom, and another pair of bloody gloves was found in a trash can next to a desk in that room.
A photo of Justin Mohn, 32, provided by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office)
Shortly after the investigation began, police were alerted to a YouTube video of Justin Mohn holding the severed head of his father, Michael Mohn, the district attorney’s office said. In the video, Mohn picks up his father’s severed head and identifies him by name. He also appeared to be wearing bloody gloves that matched the bloody gloves found at the crime scene.
Sean acknowledged details in the video, including Justin Mone saying his father was “rotting in hell as a traitor to his country.”
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“In the video, Justin Mohn identifies himself and advises that he is the commander of the American National Militia Network, also known as Mohn’s Militia. “We are advising all militia members and patriots across the United States that we have the following orders: ‘USA: To kill federal agents,'” Sean said.
“He also ordered the arrest of the FBI, IRS, other federal law enforcement officers and people working in the courts. Capture all federal agents, U.S. Marshals, federal judges, and Border Patrol agents for information.” and then ordered him to be tortured and then publicly executed,” she continued.
Middletown County police are investigating a homicide in the 100 block of Orchard Drive after the decapitated body of a man was found inside a residence. (FOX29)
Schon said Mohn leaked the home address of a federal judge and “placed bounties on his and other federal officials’ heads.” He advocated violence against all federal employees, but exempted state governments, governors and state employees from violence, according to the district attorney.
Investigators used Mohn’s cell phone to track his location and determined he was at Fort Indiantown Gap, a National Guard training center in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The suspect drove his father’s white Toyota Corolla to the scene and climbed a barbed wire fence to enter the secured military facility.
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“He went to Fort Indiantown Gap to mobilize the National Guard against the federal government,” Sean said. “He also stated that he would like to speak to the governor [Josh] Shapiro will join forces. ”
Troopers from the Fort Indiantown Gap Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police discovered the man trespassing on government property and took Mohn into custody without incident, the district attorney said.
Middletown County Police respond to report of death. (Fox 29)
Police found a loaded Sig Sauer 9mm handgun in Mohn’s possession with one bullet missing.
An autopsy on the victim revealed that Michael Mone suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was later dismembered using a knife and machete found at the crime scene, the district attorney said.
Investigators determined that Mohn purchased the handgun at a Johnson’s store in Croydon, Bristol Township, Bucks County, on January 29, the day before he allegedly killed his father. The gun was purchased legally. Sean said Mohn’s decision to provide a medical marijuana card so he could legally possess a gun showed the “lucid state of mind” he was in to plan and carry out his father’s murder. Stated.
Mohn, a Penn State graduate, is unemployed and has no history of diagnosed mental health problems, Sean said. He previously worked as a contractor for Microsoft and lived in Colorado.
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Middletown Township Police Chief Joe Bertrilla said the department has identified three previous interactions with Mohn. In 2011, Mohn, then 19, got into an argument with another person in her driveway, but no criminal charges were filed. And in 2019, Mohn reported receiving threats from an employee of Progressive Insurance Co. in Ohio because he was “filing a lawsuit and wanted the records,” Bertrilla said.
The last indirect interaction occurred last year, the chief said, when Mone’s employer in Philadelphia contacted police about Mohn’s workplace behavior and sought legal advice about terminating her employment.
The district attorney told reporters the investigation is ongoing and will continue for “several months” before Mohn is charged in the gruesome killing.
