The Wisconsin pharmacist, who destroyed hundreds of COVID-91 vaccines, believed the doses had been microchipped – and is a flat-handed gunman who believes the sky is a government shield that hides God, according to an FBI opinion.
Steven Brandenburg, 46, pleaded guilty last month to leaving about 570 doses of the unrefrigerated Moderna vaccine to deliberately spoil them and now faces 10 years in prison.
He was quickly identified as guilty by his colleagues “because of his vocal convictions against the vaccine” which he expressed “for months at work to anyone who listened,” according to an FBI search warrant obtained by The Daily Beast.
Brandenburg reportedly told a colleague at Advocate Aurora Health Systems in Grafton that he “does not believe the coronavirus is real and believes the vaccine will harm people,” the document said.
“Brandenburg believes the vaccine is ‘microchipped’ and will stop controlling people’s births and make others infertile,” wrote FBI Special Agent Lindsay Schloemer.
The colleague who reported it, Sarah Sticker, was alarmed by the 13-year-old pharmacist, because “he was very involved in conspiracy theories,” the document said.
“Some of the conspiracy theories that Brandenburg said about Sticker included: the earth is flat; the sky is not real, rather it is a shield placed by the government to prevent individuals from seeing God; and Judgment Day is coming, ”says the 26-page file.
He once showed her a .45 pistol that he kept at work – telling her that “he kept it in case the army came to pick it up.”
When interviewed for the first time by investigators for his employer, Brandenburg initially claimed that he left the vaccine bottles by mistake – before later admitting that he did so intentionally, the document claimed.
“Brandenburg then explained that he believed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine could harm people and that it was not safe to administer,” the warrant said.
He later emailed the health service, blaming him for the nights of sleep while he was separated from his children due to a “very controversial divorce”.
“My actions have been inexcusable and I deeply apologize for the harm I have caused,” he wrote.
Divorce documents obtained by WISN show that his terrified wife fled the city and warned that Brandenburg was storing bulk food and weapons for fear of planned government attacks.
Brandenburg was later fired and his pharmacist’s license was suspended. He is due to return to court next Tuesday.
His lawyer, Jason Baltz, did not respond to requests for comment, the Daily Beast said.