A Maplewood man has admitted to possessing homemade pipe bombs that were in photos on someone else's cellphone left behind in a downtown Minneapolis strip club and turned over to police in Savage.
Dylan Orr, 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to possession of an unregistered destructive device in connection with federal agents confiscating the devices on April 28 from his home in the 1200 block of Bobcat Lane.
Orr remains in federal custody in the Sherburne County jail awaiting sentencing, which has yet to be scheduled.
The plea agreement between Orr and prosecutors says that federal guidelines recommend a prison sentence of two to 2½ years. However, federal judges have wide discretion and are not bound by the guidelines.
Orr's attorney, Robert Lengeling, said Thursday that his client "accepts responsibility for his mistakes."
The criminal complaint did not point to a motive for Orr having the pipe bombs.
"This does not appear to be a politically motivated situation," Lengeling said. However, a related filing in Scott County District Court includes references that can be construed to be political.
The strip club employee, who lived in Savage, told police that she looked at the phone to determine its owner and found a contact card saying it belonged to someone other than Orr, according to a search warrant affidavit filed by police seeking court permission to search the phone.
