Nation Jan 02 Judge denies release of man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Capitol riot By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Nation Dec 05 Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs on eve of Jan. 6 attack appears in court A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol. By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Politics Dec 04 WATCH: FBI arrests man accused of placing pipe bombs in D.C. on eve of Jan. 6 attack The arrest marks the first time investigators have publicly identified a suspect in an act that has been an enduring mystery for nearly five years in the shadow of the violent Capitol insurrection. By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation Oct 28 Pipe bomb suspect was spinning records as FBI closed in In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he’d found work as a DJ. By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Associated Press
Nation Oct 28 Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence As authorities intercepted more than a dozen pipe bombs addressed to President Donald Trump’s most ardent critics, political scientists and ordinary Americans observed, again, that rabid partisanship had devolved to the point of acts of violent extremism. By Claire Galofaro, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press
Oct 25 Packages containing explosives sent to Biden, Robert De Niro By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Mike Sisak, Associated Press Investigators said the contents of the packages were similar to crude pipe bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN. Continue reading