Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Charges dismissed against two Magna men arrested for hoax weapons of mass destruction
Earlier this year, the FBI investigated an incendiary device placed underneath a news media vehicle and arrested two men from Magna for possessing hoax weapons of mass destruction during that investigation. A third man was later arrested, and now, charges for the two Magna men have now been dismissed. On Sept. 12, the Salt Lake…
Read MoreNorth Carolina man accused of rigging explosive device across road in McDowell County
State and federal investigators responded to a home in Marion, North Carolina, after a deputy found a trip wire attached to an explosive device. On Saturday, a deputy with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office was conducting a property check at a home in Marion when he noticed several strands of fishing line that stretched across…
Read MoreFort McHenry back open after bomb squad removes cannonball
The gates of Fort McHenry are back open after the bomb squad gave the all clear this weekend. The park was cleared of all visitors and staff quickly on Friday after renovation crews unearthed a cannonball buried beneath the historic site. The Baltimore Police Hazardous Device Team and Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal moved in,…
Read More5 plead guilty to charges in connection with July ‘ambush’ of North Texas ICE facility
Five pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges in connection with the July “ambush” of a North Texas ICE detention facility. Officers were called to the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, about 30 miles south of Fort Worth, on July 4 about a group of people wearing all black who shot fireworks toward the…
Read MoreSon of restaurant founder accused of threatening calls to location damaged by explosive device: court records
Evan Glusman, son of Piero’s Italian Cuisine founder Freddie Glusman, is accused of making threatening calls to the restaurant, according to court records filed on Thursday. Court records said Glusman called Piero’s and made threatening phone calls. He is scheduled for a revocation hearing, which determines whether a person has violated the conditions of their…
Read MoreNew Jersey Man Charged with Cyberstalking in Connection with Violent Network ‘764’
Marek Cherkaoui, 21, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was arrested today on cyberstalking offenses in connection with a Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) network known as 764. He made his initial appearance today in the District of New Jersey and was ordered detained. According to court documents, Cherkaoui has a lengthy history of making online…
Read MoreLas Vegas police: Improvised explosive detonated outside restaurant near Strip
Police are investigating a small explosion that occurred after someone detonated an improvised explosive device near Piero’s Italian Cuisine, a restaurant about half a mile from Las Vegas Boulevard. According to an update from Sheriff Kevin McMahill, two men wearing all black approached the front of the restaurant around 2:19 a.m. One of the men…
Read MorePanama announces capture in Venezuela of suspect linked to 1994 bombing
Panamanian authorities reported the arrest in Venezuela of the alleged perpetrator of a 1994 attack that brought down a plane in Panama with about twenty people on board, most of them Jewish, and said they will seek his extradition. Interpol Panama “received confirmation” from its counterpart in Caracas “of the apprehension of citizen Ali Zaki…
Read MoreMental health crisis led to NYE blast at Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, police say
Had Matthew Livelsberger not blown himself up in a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, he would likely be remembered for his lifetime of service as a decorated soldier. “I’m not aware that he was ever on the radar of law enforcement previously,” Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill told ABC News. “I…
Read MorePotential terrorist who stored explosives in Colorado, practiced church bombings, sentenced on hate crime charge
A 46-year-old Phoenix resident and Iraqi native received a maximum six-year prison sentence Friday on a hate crime charge for playing out plans to bomb Christian churches in three states. Zimnako Salah visited four churches in Arizona, California, and Colorado in late 2023, according to evidence presented at his trial earlier this year. Salah placed…
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