BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — District Judge Nancy Baskin sentenced 43-year-old Robert Ellis last Thursday to 10 years in prison with the possibility of parole after four years, following his guilty plea to two counts of Possession of a Bomb or Explosive Device.
According to a recent news release, Boise Police officers discovered multiple suspected improvised explosive devices on May 15, 2025, while serving a search warrant related to a narcotics investigation.
A subsequent search of Ellis’s home revealed additional devices in his bedroom. The Boise Police Bomb Squad confirmed the devices were indeed explosive, safely secured them and transported them to a remote location where they were destroyed. At least 10 of the devices were equipped with fuses for detonation purposes…