Ex-Key West firefighter had weapons cache, pipe bomb, explosives and building sketch, cops say

A traffic stop last week in Key West led to officers and federal agents discovering a cache of weapons, a pipe bomb and explosives-making materials inside a former city firefighter’s apartment, according to police.

Along with the arsenal of weaponry, police also found a sketch of an unidentified building that included a possible sniper location and notes about using mortar-like devices to “propel metal objects at high speed,” a source told the Herald.

Vincent Vega, 39, was pulled over last Friday after driving nearly 70 mph in a 30-mph zone in Key West, according to police. Officer noticed an AR-15-type of rifle with a shortened, 7.5-inch barrel “in plain view” inside the car, according to the March 18 arrest warrant obtained by the Herald.

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