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Jeremy Ryan to remain in jail

October 30, 2018 By WRN Contributor

A Madison man maintains his alleged attempt at acquiring a radioactive substance was intended to help him potentially commit suicide, not to hurt others.

Federal Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled Monday that there was probable cause to believe 30-year-old Jeremy Ryan tried to purchase Polonium-210 to cause harm, or to kill someone.  Crocker also ruled Ryan would remain jailed, because he presented a risk to the community and is also a flight risk.

Ryan’s public defender Joseph Bugni said by the time Ryan arranged for an online purchase this month of Polonium-210 from what turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, Ryan’s intention was to use the radioactive substance as a back-up plan to commit suicide.  Bugni and Ryan’s supporters say Ryan has a cancer that is in remission.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Anderson said Ryan’s initial, on-line connection with the undercover agent in March included Ryan’s statements he was prepared to kill someone with the substance.  Anderson also said Ryan wanted a rare material so as to create suspicion of government involvement in any death.

Ryan picked up a package containing what he thought was Polonium-210 at a Madison UPS store last week. Ryan, previously known as a persistent Capitol presence during the 2011 Act 10 protests,  was arrested a short time later after he went to the Shoe Box retail store in Black Earth.  Anderson said the package was in Ryan’s car.

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