GREENWOOD, Ind. -- The suspect in a domestic terrorism case will get a different judge for an unrelated case after prosecutors learned he had been looking for the home address of the judge.
Christopher Byrne was arrested on Aug. 15, 2016 after police found a rifle, a scope, a homemade suppressor and the ingredients for a "bleach bomb" in his car. He was about a week away from a trial for a separate case involving gun charges.
This week, Johnson County prosecutors learned Byrne had been researching the home address of the judge in the gun charges case.
When they found out about the address research, the prosecutors told the defense and the judge. The defense counsel asked for a different judge for Byrne's upcoming sentencing. A special judge will be appointed by the Indiana Supreme Court.
Byrne faces up to six years in prison on the gun charges.
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