Gaithersburg man sentenced to 25 years in pipe-bombing case

Prosecutors said the man had previously threatened to bomb a CVS pharmacy in a text message

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August 14, 2026 10:10 a.m.

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A Gaithersburg man whose homemade bomb-making literally burst before the attention of authorities last fall is set to spend 25 years in prison.

Robert Stojinski Jr., 43, pled guilty in April to piecing together — and then detonating — a pipe bomb at his house, injuring his eye and hand in the process. On Monday, a Montgomery County judge sentenced Stojinski, to 54 years of jail time, with 29 years suspended and five years’ probation after his release.

Stojinski “had a history of threatening to do violence,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy wrote in a statement released by his office Thursday afternoon. “We are thankful that the judge has issued a lengthy prison sentence, during which the defendant will not be able to pose a danger to public safety.” 

Stojinski had written in a text that he’d “wanted to blow up a CVS pharmacy,” two years ago, according to Lauren DeMarco, a state’s attorney’s office’s spokesperson. She wrote in an email to WTOP News that prosecutors had presented the text as evidence in court.

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