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May 1, 2012, 2:58:32 PM5/1/12
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Five men, at least three of them anarchists, plotted
to blow up a bridge near Cleveland and were nabbed because they were
working with a man who was actually an FBI informant, law enforcement
officials said Tuesday in announcing the men's arrests.
The target of the plot was a bridge that carries a state highway over
part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the Brecksville area,
about 15 miles south of downtown Cleveland, the FBI said.
The men planted what they believed to be explosives at the base of the
bridge, armed them, went to a remote spot and "entered the codes that
they thought would blow up the bridge with innocent people traveling
over it," U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said. There actually was no
danger to the public because the explosives were inert and had been
sold to the men by an undercover FBI employee, officials said.
Authorities said three of the men were arrested Monday and are self-
described anarchists, not tied to international terrorism. Occupy
Cleveland media coordinator Jacob Wagner said at least some of the
suspects had attended the group's events but that they weren't
affiliated with or representing the group.
All of the suspects, ranging in age from 20 to 35, were expected to
appear in federal court Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't immediately clear
if they had attorneys.
The FBI said three were arrested on charges of conspiracy and trying
to use explosives to damage property affecting interstate commerce.
They were identified as Brandon L. Baxter, 20; Douglas L. Wright, 26;
and Anthony Hayne, 35. Baxter is from Lakewood, Ohio, and Wright said
he was from the Bloomington, Ind., area, according to an FBI
affidavit. Hayne's hometown wasn't provided.
The other two men were being charged Tuesday.
The affidavit filed in court indicated that federal authorities got
help from a paid confidential source who had previous robbery and
other convictions and was on probation for passing bad checks. It said
the informant began making contact with the suspects in October and
had recorded conversations with them over the past three months.
to blow up a bridge near Cleveland and were nabbed because they were
working with a man who was actually an FBI informant, law enforcement
officials said Tuesday in announcing the men's arrests.
The target of the plot was a bridge that carries a state highway over
part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the Brecksville area,
about 15 miles south of downtown Cleveland, the FBI said.
The men planted what they believed to be explosives at the base of the
bridge, armed them, went to a remote spot and "entered the codes that
they thought would blow up the bridge with innocent people traveling
over it," U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach said. There actually was no
danger to the public because the explosives were inert and had been
sold to the men by an undercover FBI employee, officials said.
Authorities said three of the men were arrested Monday and are self-
described anarchists, not tied to international terrorism. Occupy
Cleveland media coordinator Jacob Wagner said at least some of the
suspects had attended the group's events but that they weren't
affiliated with or representing the group.
All of the suspects, ranging in age from 20 to 35, were expected to
appear in federal court Tuesday afternoon. It wasn't immediately clear
if they had attorneys.
The FBI said three were arrested on charges of conspiracy and trying
to use explosives to damage property affecting interstate commerce.
They were identified as Brandon L. Baxter, 20; Douglas L. Wright, 26;
and Anthony Hayne, 35. Baxter is from Lakewood, Ohio, and Wright said
he was from the Bloomington, Ind., area, according to an FBI
affidavit. Hayne's hometown wasn't provided.
The other two men were being charged Tuesday.
The affidavit filed in court indicated that federal authorities got
help from a paid confidential source who had previous robbery and
other convictions and was on probation for passing bad checks. It said
the informant began making contact with the suspects in October and
had recorded conversations with them over the past three months.
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