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Army Vet ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver; FBI Searching For Other Suspects Army Vet ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver; FBI Searching For Other Suspects
Army Vet ID'd As New Orleans Terror Attack Driver; FBI Searching For Other Suspects This story has been updated. An Army veteran has been identified as the man authorities say rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans early on New Year's Day morning, leaving 15 people dead and injuring approximately 35 others. Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, age 42, who was killed in a shootout with police officers after the incident at around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1 on Bourbon Street, was a US citizen born in Texas, where he lived at the time of the incident, the FBI said. The Ford truck, rented through an auto sharing company, displayed an ISIS flag on the tr…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Largest Seizure Of Explosive Devices In FBI History' Made At Virginia Farm: Prosecutors 'Largest Seizure Of Explosive Devices In FBI History' Made At Virginia Farm: Prosecutors
'Largest Seizure Of Explosive Devices In FBI History' Made At Virginia Farm: Prosecutors A Virginia man arrested last month for possession of an illegal rifle was allegedly in possession of one of the largest arsenals of explosive devices ever seized by the FBI, according to court documents. During a raid of 36-year-old Brad Spafford's property in the Isle of Wight County, officials say that they recovered more than 150 bombs, unstable chemicals, and a notebook full of explosive recipes, authorities said. Spafford, who lived on a 20-acre farm in Isle of Wight County with his wife and two young children, was arrested on Dec. 17 after agents executed a search warrant and found a …

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by Zak Failla
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Man Who Drove Hours To MD With Homemade Bomb To Kill Role-Playing Romantic Rival Sentenced: DOJ Man Who Drove Hours To MD With Homemade Bomb To Kill Role-Playing Romantic Rival Sentenced: DOJ
Man Who Drove Hours To MD With Homemade Bomb To Kill Role-Playing Romantic Rival Sentenced: DOJ A love triangle turned explosive in Maryland when a man drove seven hours from Ohio into Carroll County to deliver a gift-wrapped bomb intended to kill a romantic rival, federal authorities announced. Clayton Alexander McCoy, 32, of Chesterland Ohio, has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting explosives with the intent to injure and possession of an unregistered firearm or explosive device, in connection with an explosion at a home in Carroll County that severely injured the boyfriend of a woman McCoy was interested in. McCoy took elaborate mea…

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by Zak Failla
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Pair Faces Life In Prison For Using Explosive Device To Rob 7-Eleven ATMs In DMV Region Pair Faces Life In Prison For Using Explosive Device To Rob 7-Eleven ATMs In DMV Region
Pair Faces Life In Prison For Using Explosive Device To Rob 7-Eleven ATMs In DMV Region Two men are facing federal charges in Maryland for an explosive scheme that saw them set fire to convenience stores in an effort to rob ATMs, according to officials. Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and Donnell Kelly, 33, of Washington, DC, have been charged on a 10-count indictment by a federal grand jury on a host of charges following a yearlong conspiracy. Prosecutors say that between January 2021 and January 2022, the pair conspired to commit arsons at 7-Eleven stores so that they could obtain cash contained in ATMs inside the stores.  Specifically, the indictment …

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by Zak Failla
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Potentially Explosive Device Dug Up In Maryland Yard Deemed 'Inert,' Sheriff Says Potentially Explosive Device Dug Up In Maryland Yard Deemed 'Inert,' Sheriff Says
Potentially Explosive Device Dug Up In Maryland Yard Deemed 'Inert,' Sheriff Says Alarms were sounded in the heads of some officials in Maryland when a suspicious device believed to be explosive in nature was uncovered after it was buried in a Harford County yard. The Harford County Sheriff's Office issued an alert on Wednesday, Aug. 17 advising that deputies responded to a residence in the 3700 block of Any Road after a homeowner reportedly found the suspicious device. Deputies responded to the screen and secured the area, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, while officers with the State Fire Marshal were called to secure the device. “At this time, th…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Throws Tequila Bottle Molotov Cocktail At Capitol Officer In Metro Station: Authorities Man Throws Tequila Bottle Molotov Cocktail At Capitol Officer In Metro Station: Authorities
Man Throws Tequila Bottle Molotov Cocktail At Capitol Officer In Metro Station: Authorities A 26-year-old man was arrested after he threw one of his many molotov cocktails at a Capitol police officer in a Washington DC metro station, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of someone with the explosives at Union Station found Bernard L. McCutcheon around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, acting Assistant Chief of Police for Uniformed Operations Sean Gallagher said. McCutcheon threw one Molotov cocktail at officers as he tried to light it, police said. The officers only suffered minor injuries, Gallagher said The police department’s Hazardous Materials Respon…

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by AJ Goldbloom