{"id":546110,"date":"2026-01-27T05:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/546110\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T05:21:12","slug":"secret-bunker-weapons-stash-found-at-maga-activists-california-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/546110\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret bunker, weapons stash found at MAGA activist’s California home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shasta County authorities started out investigating a suspected illegal marijuana farm but ended up making a far more unsettling discovery: a massive stash of illegal firearms and a secret underground bunker at the base of a 100-foot tunnel on a MAGA activist\u2019s property. <\/p>\n

Michael Jay Kamfolt, 40, was arrested Jan. 20 after members of the California Highway Patrol discovered the bunker and confiscated an array of illegally possessed weapons \u2014 including three AR-15-style assault rifles, a sawed-off shotgun and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition \u2014 while serving a search warrant at his Anderson home. He is no longer in custody, according to county records.<\/p>\n

\"An <\/p>\n

Among the weapons seized in Anderson, Calif., were a sawed-off shotgun, three AR-15-style assault rifles, one with an obliterated serial number, and two firearms that were reported stolen, one in 2016 and the other in 1978.<\/p>\n

(California Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation went far beyond an illegal grow,\u201d CHP Northern Division Chief John Pinoli said in a statement. \u201cThe combination of a hidden bunker and an alarming cache of illegal firearms and ammunition highlights the threat posed to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kamfolt is a well-known conservative activist who had shown up at protests and county Board of Supervisors meetings and had repeatedly raised concerns about voting fraud, according to reports from the Shasta Scout<\/a>. Shasta County has become a hotbed for hard-right governance<\/a> and election denialism<\/a> in the Trump era of American politics, and a staunchly conservative majority took control of the county board in 2022.<\/p>\n

Kamfolt is a strong advocate of Kevin Crye, a county supervisor and MAGA supporter. Kamfolt described himself as a \u201cgood friend\u201d of Crye who would \u201cdo anything to help him out,\u201d while confronting protesters outside of Crye\u2019s business in May 2025, according to the Shasta Scout<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Crye is a pro-Trump election denier and survived a recall effort<\/a> by just 50 votes in March 2024. The effort was launched after he led a successful effort to have the county ditch Dominion voting machines<\/a> in favor of hand-counting ballots.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook video<\/a> posted the day after Kamfolt\u2019s arrest, Crye said, \u201cIt came to my attention today that a supporter and I\u2019ll even say a friend of mine was arrested last night, and my heart is truly broken.\u201d <\/p>\n

Crye said he was caught off guard by the news but urged people \u201cnot to rush to judgment.\u201d \u201cRemember we are innocent until proven guilty,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The CHP initially received a December tip about a suspected illegal marijuana grow on Kamfolt\u2019s property in Anderson, a small city 10 miles south of Redding. <\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

During the search of the Northern California property, officers discovered an underground bunker accessible through a 100-foot-long culvert. <\/p>\n

(California Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

Officers then secured a search warrant and conducted a flight over the area. They continued to investigate for a month before searching Kamfolt\u2019s property on Dec. 20, when they discovered the bunker equipped with all the supplies necessary to cultivate marijuana including power, ventilation and a concrete floor with built-in drainage.<\/p>\n

Located at the base of a 100-foot water drainage pipe, the sprawling secret cavern also contained a home gym, armchair and television. The wall decor included a Bennington flag, which was among the various historical American flags carried by supporters of President Trump<\/a> during the Jan. 6 riot. <\/p>\n

While on the property, officers seized 13 firearms, four soft body armor vests and 30 high-capacity magazines. Two of the guns were reported stolen, one in 2016 and the other in 1978, according to the CHP.<\/p>\n

Kamfolt was arrested on suspicion of an array of misdemeanor and felony weapons-related violations. They include converting a firearm into a machine gun, manufacturing a ghost gun, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of armor penetrating ammunition.<\/p>\n

The CHP\u2019s investigation is ongoing, and so far a case has not been presented to the Shasta County district attorney\u2019s office for filing consideration, according to a department spokesperson. <\/p>\n

Kamfolt was no longer in custody on Monday, according to Shasta County inmate records. The county Sheriff\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when he was released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shasta County authorities started out investigating a suspected illegal marijuana farm but ended up making a far more…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":546111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[29995,240202,1582,276,31205,155890,240200,240198,240199,2961,224,5337,240203,240201,4531,24759,10558,240204,240206,240205],"class_list":{"0":"post-546110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ammunition","9":"tag-bunker","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-chp","13":"tag-county-board","14":"tag-illegal-firearm","15":"tag-kamfolt","16":"tag-kevin-crye","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-maga-activist","21":"tag-maga-supporter","22":"tag-officer","23":"tag-possession","24":"tag-property","25":"tag-secret-bunker","26":"tag-shasta-scout","27":"tag-weapon-stash"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115965387378293607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}