Geri was sentenced to five years and 10 months after pleading guilty in the Red Mass explosives case.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the admitted counts. It is not an open accusation. On Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced Louis Geri to five years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release after a March guilty plea to two felony counts. The term is the bottom of a range the parties had agreed.

On Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced Louis Geri in Washington, D.C., to five years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Geri, a Vineland, New Jersey native who had traveled to Washington from Arkansas, declined to address the court before sentencing. In March he pleaded guilty to two felony counts: illegal possession of a destructive device, and extortion by wrongful use of force, violence, or fear. A sentence after that plea is the judgment on the admitted counts.

Police arrested Geri on Oct. 5, 2025, outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington as officers cleared the area before the annual Red Mass, a Mass that marks the start of the Supreme Court term. Some justices usually attend. None went to last year's ceremony. A court filing described a tent on the church steps with more than 100 homemade explosives and a nine-page written list of demands. As reported from that filing, Geri told police he had explosive devices and that "several of your people are gonna die from one of these" if the demands were not met. The demands were reported to include money, an "expatriation flight" to Japan, and that the Supreme Court remove Arizona from the United States. Prosecutors wrote that if the demands went unmet, innocents would die and landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the Supreme Court, and the White House, would be destroyed. Paperwork expressed significant animosity toward the Roman Catholic Church, Jewish people, and the Supreme Court, as reported by police and news outlets. Those are the facts the plea and the sentence resolved.

Defense attorney Elizabeth Mullin said Geri was diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than two decades ago and stopped medication months before the arrest. She argued the conduct was the product of a treatable medical condition spiraling, not malice. Judge Moss said he balanced the danger to the public with a history of very serious mental health issues and the need for treatment. He called the offense extremely serious and said the threat of violence was serious even if it was carried out in a bizarre manner. The parties had agreed to a range of five years and 10 months to seven years and three months. Moss imposed the bottom of that range. Geri could have withdrawn the plea if the sentence had been longer. The judgment entered is five years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release.