A man charged with biting two FBI agents who struggled to keep him from grabbing a loaded 9 mm pistol in his jacket was ordered jailed until trial after a federal judge was told he communicated online with at least two people accused of terror-related crimes.
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Jihad Jane – A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities online as “JihadJane” has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft according to a Fox News report.
The indictment, unsealed Monday, charges that Colleen R. LaRose and five unindicted co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe, and recruited women on the Internet who had passports and the ability to travel to and around Europe in support of violent jihad.
The accused co-conspirators are located in South Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the United States.
In June of 2008, LaRose posted a comment on YouTube under the username “JihadJane,” stating that she is “desperate to do something somehow to help” the suffering Muslim people, according to the indictment.
She was also know to authorities as “Fatima LaRose.” The indictment describes LaRose as in her 40s.
Pa. woman accused in terror plot to kill Swedish cartoonistFrom USA Today – A suburban Philadelphia woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online has been indicted for conspiring to help and recruit Islamist terrorists overseas with whom she allegedly plotted to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew controversial images of the prophet Mohammed.
Colleen R. LaRose, 46, of Pennsburg, Pa., is accused of offering to use her American looks and identity to help foreign terrorists, The Philadelphia Inquirer writes. She was arrested Oct. 15 but her detention was kept secret until today.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency will evaluate a Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise at the Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County. The week-long exercise, which began on November 16, will test the ability of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond to an emergency at the nuclear facility.
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Great story and example of how some areas are taking the lead in community readiness and preparedness. Instead of calling 911 for an emergency, what if 911 called you? While it may sound weird, it’s based in reality. In Lawrence County, there’s a new program to alert citizens to an emergency. Called “Code Red,” it’s a program that is urging people to sign up so they’re not left out.
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Allegheny County’s $5.6 million bio-terror laboratory in Lawrenceville has failed an inspection, delaying once again the opening of the facility that was finished in 2007 but has been beset by an assortment of delays, poor construction and breakdowns.
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There is no indication that this incident is terror related, just somewhat of an odd story. Ferry-Fillmore District detectives are investigating the gunpoint holdup of a FedEx driver making deliveries on Bissell Avenue at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the driver was accosted in the truck by two men—one with a handgun who held him at bay as his accomplice took a package addressed to a Schauf Avenue house that was vacant.
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At least two people were killed and several others wounded tonight when a gunman walked into a fitness center in the Great Southern Shopping Center in Collier and opened fire.
An Allegheny County policeman said he believes one of the dead was the gunman. Witnesses said they saw two to four wounded women lying outside the back door and two others lying in a parking lot at the side of the LA Fitness center along Washington Pike.
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The man arrested for carrying a bomb in a backpack on Saturday had a police badge and a police uniform with a Hudson Falls patch in his western Pennsylvania home when it was searched after his arrest, officials said.
Hudson Falls Police were trying Monday to determine from where the uniform came, said Police Chief Randy Diamond.
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