A San Bernardino man was sentenced July 20 to eight years in federal prison for possession of a pipe bomb.
Police found a pipe bomb in Michael Allen Starkweather’s apartment on Oct. 15, 2022.
They had been called to the scene due to a reported stabbing.
Starkweather admitted to the police that the pipe bomb was his. He pleaded guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm April 24, 2023.
A week earlier, Starkweather was found with stolen mail, stolen debit cards, stolen medical records, stolen signed checks and two master keys used to access mailboxes,.
Starkweather has seen 13 convictions since he turned