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  • Plea deal for autistic man in school bomb threats

    April 11, 2013 4:15 PM

    GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) - A prosecutor says he approved a no-jail plea deal for a 28-year-old man who made bomb threats against Flint-area schools because of the defendant's mental health disability. Jeffrey D. Cox pleaded no contest Wednesday to malicious use of a telecommunications device, a misdemeanor. Defense lawyer... more »
  • Al-Qaida sympathizer arrested in bomb plots investigation

    November 20, 2011 8:18 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested. Bloomberg announced Sunday the arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel on numerous charges. Pimentel was arrested Saturday. He is accused of having an... more »
  • Suspect in NYC bomb plots arrested

    November 20, 2011 7:28 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) - A person close to a New York City police investigation says a Manhattan resident suspected of plotting to bomb various targets, including police cars, has been arrested. The person told The Associated Press that the 27-year-old man was acting as a lone wolf and was... more »
  • Fugitive biker gang member arrested in Colorado

    August 4, 2011 2:30 PM

    AURORA, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Marshals have arrested a fugitive motorcycle gang member who's accused of plotting to kill rival gang members in Denver and in Illinois. The Denver Post reports that agents arrested Marshal "Big Bo" Fry in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Tuesday. A federal... more »
  • White House weighs response to mail bomb plot

    November 1, 2010 8:08 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - A team of U.S. investigators is headed to Yemen to help search for suspects in the mail bomb plot. A top Yemeni official says John Brennan, the White House's top counterterrorism official, has told Yemen it has the lead in responding to the terrorists suspected of... more »
  • Dallas bomb plot suspect may take stand at hearing

    October 19, 2010 8:41 AM

    A 20-year-old Jordanian man who tried to bomb a downtown Dallas skyscraper could take the stand as a federal judge considers his sentence. Attorneys for Hosam Smadi say he may testify Tuesday during the second day of his sentencing hearing. A day earlier, his father testified that Smadi... more »
  • Dutch: 2 Yemenis from US suspected of terror plot

    August 31, 2010 10:19 AM

    Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. Prosecutors said the two men flew in from Chicago on Monday and were bound for Sana'a, the Yemeni capital. They were detained... more »
  • Pot plot hidden in farmer's corn field

    August 10, 2010 2:13 PM

    Authorities say a southern Idaho farmer unknowingly watered and fertilized more than 300 marijuana plants while tending to his corn fields. The Jerome County sheriff's office says the farmer found the plot of pot growing between his tall, green stalks of unripened corn early Monday and called authorities. ... more »
  • NYC subway plot was al-Qaida conspiracy

    July 7, 2010 12:57 PM

    Federal prosecutors say the failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway last year was part of a larger al-Qaida conspiracy that also targeted England. In a terrorism indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, including Adnan Shukrijumah, an FBI most-wanted terrorist.... more »
  • Suspected money courier sought in NYC bomb plot

    May 7, 2010 8:22 AM

    A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man's Times Square car bomb plot. The official said authorities know the name of the suspected courier. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because of the... more »
  • Feds: Massachusetts man plotted mall terror attacks

    October 21, 2009 12:01 PM

    A 27-year-old Massachusetts man conspired to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, federal prosecutors said Wednesday as they announced his arrest. Tarek Mehanna of Sudbury sought - but never received - training in... more »
  • Colorado suspect in NYC terror case due in court

    September 25, 2009 8:13 AM

    An Afghan immigrant accused of a plot to build bombs for attacks on U.S. soil is due back in federal court in Denver. Najibullah Zazi is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing on whether he can be detained without bail. The hearing was postponed Thursday after the... more »
  • Colorado man charged with conspiring to detonate bombs

    September 24, 2009 10:49 AM

    Colorado terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has been indicted for conspiring to detonate bombs in the United States. The new charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction was filed in New York. Authorities plan to transfer him to the federal court in Brooklyn to face the new charge. Zazi... more »
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