CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Civil War re-enactor pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he planted a pipe bomb at a Virginia battlefield in 2017 and threatened to disrupt additional events.
A federal indictment against Gerald Leonard Drake, 63, of Winchester, Virginia, was unsealed Thursday.
The indictment accuses Drake of planting a pipe bomb at Cedar Creek Battlefield during an annual re-enactment in October 2017. The bomb did not detonate but resulted in cancellation of the re-enactment after its discovery.
