Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Suspect arrested in connection with hoax explosive device at Colorado Capitol
Cody Flynn, 32, is being held for investigation of possession of a hoax explosive device. Colorado State Patrol officers arrested Flynn at approximately 11:20 a.m. as he was walking away from the State Capitol. Investigators say surveillance footage shows a man leaving a device on the East steps of the Capitol and then walking away.…
Read MoreTwo charged over alleged plot to assist Iran in RAF Fairford incident
Two British nationals have been charged with national security offences over the incident at RAF Fairford in September, with one suspected of assisting Iran’s intelligence service. Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim, 24, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service after the incident near the airbase in Gloucestershire. Nouman Essghir, also 24, has been charged with…
Read MoreTwo Latvian men arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire used by US military
Two Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they were discovered inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a Cambridgeshire base used by the US military and Nato for intelligence operations. The men, 32 and 36, were picked up at 2am inside the base, in an investigation that began four hours earlier…
Read MoreMan Arrested and Charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged today by complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to commit a federal crime of terrorism. The FBI arrested the defendant on Oct. 6, and he made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on Oct. 7.…
Read MoreISIS-inspired teens considered other targets before Gracie Mansion protest: Sources
The two Pennsylvania teens charged with attempting to carry out what authorities described as an ISIS-inspired attack in New York considered other targets before driving into Manhattan late Saturday morning with homemade bombs, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Investigators searching a storage unit in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where the teens are from, discovered a…
Read MoreMystery over UK airbase scare as police find petrol but no explosives
A UK probe into a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the United States was mired in confusion Tuesday, as police said no explosives but a “quantity of petrol” was found in vehicles seized nearby. Police were called to the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England on Sunday after a resident…
Read More5 men arrested near a US-run air base are bailed as UK police probe whether there’s a link to Iran
Five young British men arrested on explosives and terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, and counterterror detectives said they were investigating “multiple lines of inquiry,” including whether there is a link to Iran. The men were detained early Sunday after three vans were spotted in the…
Read MoreMan gets nearly 6 years in prison for threatening Red Mass attendees with homemade explosives in D.C.
A New Jersey man was sentenced to 5 years, 10 months in prison after threatening to detonate over 100 homemade explosive devices during the annual Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Northwest D.C. Louis Geri, 42, of Vineland, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in March to Hobbs Act extortion by wrongful use of force, violence…
Read MoreMissouri man charged in two bomb threats in Gloversville Saturday morning
A Missouri man is in custody in Fulton County, accused of making two anonymous bomb threats in Gloversville. At about 7:30 a.m. Saturday, members of the Gloversville Police Department were dispatched to an anonymous bomb threat at Antonucci Foods, on S. Main St. in the City of Gloversville. The response to this initial call resulted…
Read MoreTrial dates set for Sioux City man charged with terrorism threats against county attorney, police department
A jury trial has been scheduled for a Sioux City man facing terrorism charges after he allegedly threatened to bomb the Sioux City Police Department and threatened the life of the Woodbury County attorney. Court documents say 28-year-old Christian Burford is charged with two counts of threats of terrorism. A pretrial conference is scheduled for…
Read More