A subsequent search of his motel room uncovered a large cache of weapons, ammunition, and gear including a grenade launcher, a night vision scope, a police scanner, a Middle Eastern keffiyeh, and a number of maps.
[6][7] A defense psychiatrist said that Woodson was competent to stand trial, but was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and incapable of carrying out the crimes with which he was charged.
[10] On or about April 10, 1997 he was convicted by a Kings County Supreme Court jury of criminal possession of a weapon in Brooklyn, New York[11][12][13] – a felony punishable with a prison term greater than one year.
Officers responding to the call at 3:55 am reportedly encountered an "extremely nervous" Woodson, who was wearing a green military-style jacket with a "large bulge" in the front.
They found a cache of weapons and equipment including another Bushmaster .308‑caliber semiautomatic rifle with a defaced serial number and a flash suppressor, a 37 mm Cobray flare launcher,[13][20] a second bulletproof vest, a Russian-made rifle-mountable Nightsight Illuminator NP75 night vision scope, a police scanner, and hundreds of rounds of .50‑caliber and .308‑caliber ammunition, both ball-type and hollow-point bullets, as well as military wear, and garrison equipment.
[11][22][23] NBC reported that the map of Fort Drum was a concern to authorities, but the FBI found no link between him and recognized terrorism groups.
It said "When a man is apprehended with a cache of weapons, body armor, a map of a military installation and jihadist personal effects, the natural response of most Americans is to assume the situation is terrorist-related" and suggested the Obama administration's definition of terrorism was too narrow.
The Somerset County prosecutor Wayne Forrest did not comment on whether he thought Woodson had been planning to attack the New York facility.
[34][35] On August 20, 2010, his defense lawyer asserted in New Jersey Superior Court that a defense psychiatrist's report indicated Woodson is competent to stand trial, but suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, “which rendered him incapable of committing the crimes he’s charged with.”[36] Woodson was sentenced by Judge Reed to 14+1⁄2 years in New Jersey State Prison on September 28, 2012, and must serve 10 years and 8 months before he becomes eligible for parole.
[14] He was assigned a public defender and waived his right to a detention hearing, and his lawyer said he would consent to being held in custody without bail.
[43] U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Greg Reinert indicated that, given the detainer on him for the federal charge, Woodson would not be released even should he succeed at making bail at the county level.