Barbara Lawlor, Denver.   David Michael Ansberry, 64, was wheeled into the Rodgers  U.S. Courthouse courtroom  on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 where he was read his rights and advised of the charges against him. Ansberry had been indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver, charging him with a one count indictment of Use and Attempted Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Nina Y. Wang addressed Ansberry who had been arrested in Chicago and was transported back to Denver where he has been incarcerated. He was indicted by a grand jury on November 2nd.

About 20 people were in the courtroom, including Nederland resident Janette Taylor, who says that six or seven other cases were heard in the 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. slot before Ansberry was up before the judge.

Dressed in prison garb, Ansberry was not handcuffed and Taylor says he appeared uninterested in the proceedings, looking at the ceiling and his hands, and now and then glancing at the people in the courtroom.

On Tuesday, October 11, 2016, a Nederland Police Officer went to open up the office and noticed a backpack near the front door. People are always leaving things in the area and he picked it up and took it into the office. When he went to see if there were any identifying items, he realized that the backpack contained items used in bombs: wires, a cell phone and a package of white powder. He took the bag outside and then called for assistance to evacuate the buildings in the shopping center and bring in the Boulder bomb squad.

Throughout the rest of the day, bomb protocol was followed. Robots took the bomb out of the backpack and later that night the bomb was detonated in the parking lot. It was discovered that the package of white powder contained arsenic.

Ansberry was identified as the suspect when FBI investigators tracked down the purchase of the cell phones and saw videos showing him purchasing the items. He had been walking around the bomb scene and was noticed by people due to his 3 foot 6 inch stature and use of crutches.

Since his arrest there have been many speculations as to what he was doing in Nederland and why he would target the police station. The charges carry a sentence of five to 20 years and $250,000 or both.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Nina Wang remanded Ansberry to jail without bond after prosecutor Gregory Holloway told her the suspect is a flight risk.

His public defender Shira Kieval said she was worried about his health but agreed to the order.

Ansberry's defender told the judge that his cell did not have adequate adaptations for his disabilities and he was told to take it up with the department of corrections.

Taylor says that at one point he looked up and met her eyes and she felt a surge of anger at him for the potential disaster he could have caused. "I saw indifference in his look, he just didn't seem to care," says Taylor.

A trial date has not yet been set. A pretrial hearing will be sometime in December or January.