The Texas State University Police Department has released a statement regarding the arrest of Benjamin Bogard, a former Texas State student arrested on child pornography charges earlier this month.
The San Antonio Express-News reported last week that FBI agents told a federal magistrate that Bogard, a 20-year-old from New Braunfels, “could have engaged in mass violence” if he had not been arrested on the child pornography charge stemming from images found on his cell phone. Federal agents testified that Bogard “created ‘disturbing’ videos in which he embraced white supremacy, said he wanted to kill minorities and discussed obtaining a chemical substance to make a bomb,” the Express-News reported.
Despite objections from the federal agents, U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad decided last Thursday that Bogard should be released to his parents. Bemporad granted him unsecured bail of $75,000 and included numerous restrictions to “reasonably assure the safety of the community,” the Express-News reported. Bogard is to have no internet access. Other conditions of his release to his parents include electronic monitoring and mental health treatment. Bogard was scheduled to arrive at his parents’ house yesterday.
