Investigators describe stockpile found in Eric Frein's bedroom

By Marilyn Rosenthal
MILFORD — The court on Friday reviewed the stockpile of weapons and ammunition found in Eric Frein's bedroom, through photos taken just three days after the police shooting ambush in Blooming Grove.
First Assistant District Attorney Bruce DeSarro called the forensics officers who collected the evidence to testify. They said their Sept. 15, 2014, search of Frein's house and, in particular, his bedroom was a high-risk operation.
Cpl. David Andreuzzi, a patrol supervisor from the Hazelton Forensics Unit and part of the evidence-collecting team, focused his testimony on 9 rifles found in an open gun rack, cigarettes similar to those found in the abandoned jeep allegedly used by Frein, large green boxes filled with ammunition, an IBM Think Pad, a night vision monocular, and several expended rounds of ammunition cartridge casings.
Some of the actual items were laid out on a table in front of the jury.
Prosecutors also showed a diagram of Frein's bedroom, on the second floor of the house he shared with his parents, before showing photos of its contents.
Frein sat nearly motionless, looking straight ahead or writing notes.
His parents were in the courtroom, as they have been every day of the trial since it started on Tuesday. Their faces showed no emotion as the weapons seized from their home were brought out for display. They looked straight ahead, at nothing in particular.
Another trooper found a sniper training manual during the search of Frein's bedroom. She read passages from it at DeSarro's request.
Also found and photographed were a scope, gun cleaning kit, bayonet, metal pipes with end caps, and copper pipes.
Lists on yellow pads, allegedly in Frein's handwriting, were neatly divided into columns. One listed such items as a rucksack, maps, and 4x scope. Another column listed a rifle, 5 magazines, and 100 rounds of other ammunition. A third column listed socks, underwear, clean jeans, and a toilet kit, among other items.
A to-do list included food, radio, clean guns, and other entries.
Other items found in Frein's bedroom were copper pipes, spools of wire, black powder, and notepaper with ballistic calculations.
How the investigation was carried outThe first testimony came from Trooper David Brodeur, who cleared the residence so that investigators could collect, document, and preserve evidence in safety. He is from the Emeryville barracks and a crime investigator for SERT (Special Emergency Response Team), the state police's version of a SWAT team.
The prosecution described the police's method of photographing evidence:
When they first enter a room, they take a general photograph each section, from left to right.
Next they take a medium-range photo of a particular object to show it in the context of that section of room.
Finally, they zoom in for a close-up of each item of special interest.