FBI arrests 5 accused of plotting to blow up Ohio 82 bridge in Cuyahoga valley

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Cleveland.com:

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The FBI arrested five men Monday evening, saying they had planted what were believed to be explosive devices under the Ohio 82 bridge over Cuyahoga Valley National Park as part of a May Day protest today.

The five men were “self-proclaimed anarchists,” who intended to detonate two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under the bridge in Sagamore Hills, but had purchased the inert devices from undercover FBI agents, officials said.

Members of the group actually "placed the devices at the base of concrete pillars ... and attempted to detonate them at a remote location" on Monday, but what they thought were bombs were actually "intert devices," the FBI said in a news conference this morning.

 

Arrested by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and charged with conspiracy and attempted use of explosive materials were: Douglas Wright, 26; Brandon L. Baxter, 20; and Anthony Hayne, 35.

All three are “self-proclaimed anarchists who formed a small group and considered a series of evolving plots over several months,” according to the complaint filed today by the FBI.

Wright had also talked about "getting a car that they can drive into the Federal Reserve Bank" in Cleveland to blow it up, according to an affidavit from FBI Special Agent Ryan Taylor.

The arrests Monday evening show that “the threat we face is a diverse one and terrorist can come from many hues and many homelands,” said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

“Despite the defendants’ worst intentions and aims during the entire course of yesterday’s operation, the public was never in danger,” Dettelbach said. “The defendants never possessed at any time any really explosive materials and the arrests warrants were signed before they got in the car and went to the bridge.”

Also arrested, but not charged, were Connor Stevens, 20 and Joshua Stafford, 23. Anthony said Stevens and Stafford were currently being charged, officials said.

FBI officials said the men had intended to disrupt commuters today.

“The public was never in danger from the explosive devices, which were controlled by an undercover FBI employee,” the FBI said in a written statement this morning. “The explosives that the defendants allegedly purchased and attempted to use were inoperable and posed no threat to the public.”

May Day protests were also taking place in other U.S. cities today, including Seattle, where “the most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since Occupy encampments came down in the fall” were taking place, according to the Seattle Times website.

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Some more on these "non-representative" Occupiers here.

 

[clearvision]

OK it seems these guys were frankly a bunch of nuts. They wanted to tip over signs on buildings (banks in particular) but could not figure out how to do it. Then along comes an undercover government "agent". They are offered the chance at explosives etc. They then decide to blow up a bridge but want to stop traffic on both sides first so as not to hurt anyone. They can't afford the first price ($900) so the undercover "agent" cuts the price to $450. Then one of them comes up with an escape plan....

 

"At one point, the group considered what might happen if they were arrested. “Baxter thought that they will all go to Guantanamo Bay if they get caught,” the affidavit says. “To prevent capture, he suggested getting (thumb) tacks that they could throw out of the back of the car if they get in a chase.”

[Rheo]

[Saltbag]

These guys are obviously over the top, but it makes me wonder how many people were arrested today and just doe-eyed when it happened. "But it's May Day ... it doesn't matter if we break the law!"

[Rheo]

These guys are obviously over the top, but it makes me wonder how many people were arrested today and just doe-eyed when it happened. "But it's May Day ... it doesn't matter if we break the law!"

Seattle mayor has had to declare state of emergency because of these pukes. Breaking windows, destroying property, etc.

spit and hiss on this whole lot of BO losers.

[Pepper]

 

 

Even their own mothers wouldn't love those m*'fos

 

Just think, we raised that generation. Whee! Don't we feel good??