Police have released photos of the disturbing pro-Nazi memorabilia found in the home of Walter Stolper, 73, after he was arrested in July 2018.
Stolper was attempting to burn down his former Miami Beach condo building shortly after he was evicted. He had doused it in gasoline and a witness said Stolper claimed he was “going to burn down the building with all the [EXPLETIVE] Jews”.
“We do believe that we were minutes away from a potentially deadly situation,” Miami Beach Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez explained after the arrest.
Among the disturbing material police found in Stolper’s home: a mug with Hitler Y”MS wearing a ‘Santa” hat, an SS flag, a large knife with Nazi symbols and a copy of Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf.
Prosecutors will use the items as well as the condo’s surveillance footage of Stolper walking the halls with a shopping cart full of gasoline as evidence against him.
Cops also recovered 26 containers of gasoline, potassium nitrate and sulfur in a storage room Stolper had rented. Inside his apartment, he had two electric fans he purchased to boost the flames.
Stolper pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and attempted arson. The items will be used as key evidence against him at a bond hearing scheduled for February 7.
If convicted, he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
His lawyer argues that Stolper has been diagnosed with early onset of dementia but has been found competent to proceed with the trial. He has been ordered to remain in jail.
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Chilling to see this.
Thank G-d they caught him in time.
He will have a long time sitting in a small box to think about his choices. Enjoy jail you nazi anti-semite!