The Mayfair section of Philadelphia, where Evgenii Sadrislamov lived. Read more Frank Wiese / Staff

by Chris Palmer Published Sept. 23, 2025, 4:15 p.m. ET

A man who was accused of trying to build weapons of mass destruction inside his family’s Mayfair home was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison.

Evgenii Sadrislamov, 23, was initially described by law enforcement as having posed a “huge danger to the community” when he was arrested last year. Police and prosecutors said Sadrislamov had nearly 100 pounds of explosives inside his house when they were called there by a neighbor who’d seen smoke emanating from the garage, and the materials investigators found were enough to “level” Sadrislamov’s entire block.

Earlier this year, however, federal prosecutors ag

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