September 5, 2008 article from the National Terror Alert Response Center:
A man is under arrest in Washington after an improvised explosive device, a rifle and some ammunition were allegedly found in his jeep, Capitol Police said Friday.Here's the video report:
The man stopped to ask police for directions near the Capitol building at about 11 a.m. EDT Friday, at the intersection of 2nd and Independence Avenue Southeast, according to Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.
The officer responding noticed a rifle case on the car seat and inspected the jeep, discovering the IED, rifle and ammunition. A canine unit was enlisted to help.
“They’ve all been rendered safe right now because they’re in the custody of Capitol Police,” Schneider told reporters at a briefing Friday.
The officer took the unidentified man into custody; the vehicle is still being searched.
Library of Congress employees near where the jeep was stopped have been evacuated, and several roads have been closed while police continue their investigation.
Schneider said that it wasn’t clear what the man intended to do with the cache of weapons.
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Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, has been charged with carrying a deadly weapon, having an unregistered firearm and having unregistered ammunition, Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said.
In addition to the rifle — an AK-47 — police found a grenade, a pistol, ammunition, loaded magazines "and several other items of concern to the police" in the Jeep Cherokee he was driving.
Authorities said Timmons was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in March in Albemarle County, Virginia, and served a month in jail. In that incident, Timmons had two grenades in his car, said Albemarle Police Chief John Miller.
The pins had been removed and the grenades were filled with powder, authorities said. They had an adhesive on top to close them and a firecracker for a fuse.
Law enforcement sources said the grenades were similar to an item found in Timmons vehicle Friday. That device has been taken to the FBI facility in Quantico, Virginia.
Not another Russell Weston, then.
And thanks for the info, Anonymous. With all this Hanna rain pouring down, my Internet connection is iffy, so I didn't have time to go hunting.
Anonymous,
The link you left doesn't work. Click on it. What happened?
Try this one: Scare On Capitol Hill | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |
It's all over the web and tv now.
According to Timmons' neighbors in Orange, "he was quiet. He was always very quiet." Walter Aylor says "I had no idea what he had in mind." He says Timmons was hard of hearing and had a hard time fitting in in school. He says he was picked on. "It made him almost like a loner. But it's not a disability, it's something that happened. He's a good kid. I've talked to him many times, many times," Aylor said.
See, this is what happens with a real 'NOT TERROR-RELATED" crime.
The name is released.
In the case of the 9 guys poisoned in a factory last week, the names were never released.
That's almost for sure terrorism.
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