Terrorism Charges Filed Against Bucks Man Accused Of Beheading Father

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —Additional charges — including three counts of terrorism —have been filed against the Levittown man charged with killing his father, who was found beheaded in their Levittown home, authorities said.

Justin Mohn, the Middletown Township man who killed his father last month and posted a disturbing YouTube video holding his father’s decapitated head and calling for violent attacks against members of the federal government.

Mohn, 32, of the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive, was arrested hours after the Jan. 30 killing of his father Michael F. Mohn, and was charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and possession of an instrument of crime.

A supplemental probable cause affidavit was filed Thursday morning before Magisterial District Judge Charles D. Jonas, charging Mohn with three counts of terrorism, two additional counts of possession of an instrument of crime, and one count each of robbery, firearms not to be carried without a license, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal use of a communication facility, terroristic threats, and defiant trespassing.

He is currently in Bucks County Correctional Facility without bail. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 2.

Michael F. Mohn, 68, was killed on Jan. 30 inside his home at 145 Upper Orchard Drive.

An autopsy found that the victim was shot in the head before he was decapitated using a machete and knife. During their investigation, detectives learned that the victim’s adult son, Mohn fled the location in the victim’s 2009 Toyota Corolla.

Police later received information about a 14-minute video posted to YouTube, which showed Mohn picking up the decapitated head of his father, identifying him by name and as his father. In the video, Mohn ordered all militia and patriots across the United States to kill all federal employees.

His father was a federal employee with the Army Corps of Engineers. Mohn also listed specific federal officials who should be captured and publicly executed, including giving the name and address of a U.S. District Court Judge as one of his targets.

Detectives served a search warrant on Jan. 31, locating a single 9mm shell casing, a large kitchen knife, and a large machete in the downstairs bathroom and a computer in Mohn’s bedroom, which was identified as the same room where he recorded and posted his YouTube video.

The computer desk had blood stains on it and the computer monitor was on and open, revealing several tabs that showed that Mohn utilized his computer to upload this video to several platforms to call on other individuals to initiate violent attacks against members of the federal government.

Hours after the murder, investigators tracked Mohn’s cellphone to the National Guard Training Center in Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County. There, he climbed a barbed wire fence and entered a secure military installation.

The investigation revealed that Mohn went to Fort Indiantown Gap in an effort to mobilize the National Guard to raise arms against the federal government.

He was taken into custody by the Fort Indiantown Gap Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police. He had a loaded Sig Sauer 9mm pistol. In addition to the firearm, police recovered a USB device on him.

Utilizing a search warrant, detectives reviewed the contents of the flash drive, finding a folder that contained several pictures of federal buildings along with instructions that appeared to show the steps needed to make an explosive device.

The investigation found that Mohn legally purchased the firearm the day before the murder from a gun store in Croydon. A records check with the Pennsylvania State Police found that Mohn did not possess a valid license to carry a concealed firearm or a valid sportsman’s permit.

The case is being investigated by Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Middletown Township Police Department, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.