UPDATED: California Synagogue Bombing Suspect Waives Hearings in Ohio

California synagogue bombing suspect Ron Hirsch will head back west to face charges following a hearing in Cleveland this afternoon.

Hirsch, 60, appeared in U.S. District Court in Cleveland,  for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property that carries a maximum five-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $250,000. 

He waived his right to have hearings in Cleveland and opted to have them moved to the U.S. District Court Central District of California, where he was charged. 

He will be transported to Los Angeles by U.S. Marshals, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. "I do not have a timetable on the transfer," she added.

Hirsch of the Santa Monica synagogue Chabad House Lubavitch, caused by an approximately 250-pound pipe bomb, and was . No one was injured in the incident, and the motive behind it is still unclear.

Investigators found a receipt dated April 1 for three 11-pound bags of demolition material with Hirsch's name and shipping information on it attached to a torn box nearby the Chabad House, according to the affidavit. They also discovered a box containing demolition material that had a label with his address on it. Police tried to call Hirsch Thursday and left a message. 

Hirsch had bought a New York-bound Greyhound bus ticket and was supposed to arrive on Sunday, but instead he went to the Kollel Torah L.I.F.E. building on South Taylor Road, across from the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland. 

" said Jerry Elliot, who said the Jewish community put him up in a , as they usually provide a place to stay for people passing through. Hirsch returned to the orthodox Jewish study center and synagogue on Monday.

Elliot said he thought he was studying, like everyone else in the room, but it was odd that he wore "beach clothes" and not the traditional black suit. 

A rabbi about a block away called after seeing the news article about Hirsch, and told police where Hirsch was, according to the affidavit. The Cleveland Heights Police responded, and the department and the FBI arrested him around 7 p.m.

“He’s anxious to get back to California and defend these charges against him,” said Daniel Chaplin, a private attorney who represented Hirsch, after the hearing.

He did not say why Hirsch ended up in Cleveland Heights.

“He asserts his innocence,” Chaplin said.

Before the 10-minute hearing began, Hirsch sat slouched, his wrists resting on his legs, hands folded, eyebrows arched and grinned every so often.

Suddenly he looked over at the crowd to his left, smiled and waved.

Hirsch waived his right to an identity hearing and confirmed his name was Ron Hirsch. He also waived his right to a preliminary hearing and detention hearing in Cleveland, as was his option because the charges came from another district. 

Chaplin will not be Hirsch’s attorney in California, and he did not say who will take over.