[Brian Kopp DPM]

(updated 11 a.m.) Penn State Altoona student arrested on weapons of mass destruction charge

January 25, 2014

The Altoona Mirror

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The Altoona Police Department arrested a Penn State Altoona student living in the city on charges of possession of a weapon of mass destruction, as well as other charges, after investigating reports he was growing marijuana at his residence.

Vladislav Miftakhov, 19, of 118 N. 9th Ave. was arrested late Friday night, and police said they found a suspected bomb and other bomb-making materials inside a suitcase. Experts from the Pennsylvania State Police bomb squad safely deconstructed the suspected bomb, authorities said, adding that Miftakhov told investigators he purchased the materials on the Internet over the past several weeks.

Miftakhov is listed in the Penn State Altoona directory as an engineering major.

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Vladislav Miftakhov

He is charged with possessing a weapon of mass destruction, risking a catastrophe, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, possessing instruments of crime, prohibited offensive weapons, incendiary devices, recklessly endangering another person, possession of controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Miftakhov was transported to Blair County Central Booking for arraignment.

Please see Sunday's Mirror for more details.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

https://www.facebook.com/miftakhov

[M Kehoe]

Could this be the first apprehension of a terrorist using all of the data collection capabilities of NSA?

Is so, maybe my tax dollars paid for something worth while?

I'll be the kid was ratted out by his mother.

5.56mm

[stanne]

Just looking at the headline, do they mean he is here?

Can’t our government keep out foreign enemy combatants for $17 trillion in debt, 30-50% of our personal income?

Can’t the public get a clue that that’s the only real purpose of the government?

Whoever says NSA spying is good, needs to read this. The guy needs to be in Russia, as in never been here

Oh the stupidity

[Tupelo]

Not to question Mr. Starnes’ report but if the media's definition of “Weapons of Mass Destruction” is as loose as their definition of “Assault Weapons”, this kid could have had anything from an Atomic Bomb down to a couple of Cherry Bombs.
So as usual I think I will sit an wait for further reporting.

[Zhang Fei]

These days, pipe bombs = WMD’s.

[ex-snook]

Was he carrying birth control pills?

[null and void]

"risking a catastrophe,"

That's a crime?

Couldn't every obama voter be arrested for "risking a catastrophe"?

[AnAmericanInEngland]

Putin testing defenses?

[angcat]

Sounds like he was heading to the Superbowl. Fox news is ignoring this story. Does a mall shooting have precedence of this?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Somewhere, McCain is working on getting this young man amnesty..I mean after all, these illegals are just nice people looking for the American dream right..right

[catnipman]

Got caught because he broke more than one law at a time.

Tip: either make bombs and NOT grow pot, or grow pot and NOT make bombs.

[dfwgator]

“Russian National” doesn’t necessarily mean Russian.

The Tsarnaevs were “Russian Nationals” as well.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

If Bill Ayers had a son . . .

[LowTaxesEqualsProsperity]

His name and appearance suggest he is Muslim, but not 100% sure.

[SgtHooper]

Ok, people, will you take the time to delete the dam duplicate crap on your webpage copies. Holy crap! Read the same dam thing 3-4 times from title into the text body. YEESH!!

[Fairhairedboy]

My guess is he was making hash oil using a butane extractor and the butane extractor is the WMD.

[P.O.E.]

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[Gamecock]

So is he an adherent of the Russian Orthodox Church, or perhaps a practitioner of the Islamic religion.

I’ll bet it is the latter.