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A Gaithersburg teen will be charged as an adult in connection with pipe bombs he allegedly made with a friend, according to court records.

Patrick Serafin Yevsukov, 17, was originally charged as a juvenile last summer with making pipe bombs with a Bethesda man; the case was transferred to adult court late Monday afternoon.

The state has always had the option to ask to move the case out of juvenile court, said Rene Sandler, Yevsukov's lawyer. "But we don't believe that the adult court is the appropriate place for a resolution of the case," she said in an interview with The Gazette Dec. 18.

Calls to Sandler were not immediately returned Monday afternoon.

Yevsukov is accused of helping to make and detonate pipe bombs with Collin McKenzie-Gude, 19, of Bethesda.

McKenzie-Gude faces a federal indictment for possessing an unregistered explosive device and producing false identification documents.

According to Montgomery County Assistant State's Attorney Peter Feeney, investigators searching McKenzie-Gude's home in July found assault rifles, two bulletproof vests loaded with armor-piercing ammunition, and more than 50 pounds of bomb-making chemicals and timers. They also found a map of Camp David, a presidential motorcade map and counterfeit identification cards, including one from the CIA.

In addition to the federal indictment, McKenzie-Gude faces county charges of assault and attempting to carjack a 78-year-old man the day investigators searched his home.

Yevsukov, a summer intern with the county police department, faces two felony explosives charges — manufacturing and possessing explosives with "incendiary intent."

County police also charged him with misdemeanor theft for stealing police letterhead and unauthorized use of a computer related to his intern duties.

A plea hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9; a trial is set for March 4.