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Somerset authorities seize grenade launcher, weapons cache from Virginia man at motel
nj.com ^ | Jan. 25, 2010 | Jennifer Golson

Posted on 01/25/2010 4:13:03 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

BRANCHBURG -- Somerset County investigators seized a cache of weapons including a grenade launcher and hundreds of rounds of ammunition today from the Branchburg motel room of a Virginia man, who also had maps of a U.S. military facility and an out-of-state civilian community.

Lloyd Woodson, 43, whose last known address was Reston, Va., today faces multiple offenses, including second-degree unlawful weapons possession and fourth-degree possession of prohibited weapons, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said.

At the time of his arrest, Woodson was wearing a military-style ballistic vest with a reinforced steel plate and carrying a .223-caliber assault rifle that had been altered to fire .50-caliber ammunition, Forrest. He was also carrying four loaded magazines with hollow-point ammunition, Forrest said.

Branchburg police confronted Woodson at 3:55 a.m. at the Quick Chek convenience store on Route 28 after receiving a call reporting a suspicious person. Branchburg Patorlman Steven Cronce noticed a large bulge beneath the green, military-style jacket that Woodson was wearing, which was later determined to be the assault rifle with a defaced serial number, Forrest said.

Woodson appeared "extremely nervous" as Cronce questioned him, and he ultimately ran from the convenience store toward the Regency Trailer Park on Route 22, Forrest. Officers found Woodson hiding in the bushes and he attempted to run, Forrest said.

Lloyd Woodson, 43, of Virginia, faces weapons charges.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: branchburg; cache; deserter; fairfaxcounty; grenadelauncher; hollowpoints; lloydrwoodson; lloydwoodson; reston; somersetcounty; usn; woodson
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1 posted on 01/25/2010 4:13:06 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“carrying a .223-caliber assault rifle that had been altered to fire .50-caliber ammunition”

aint no way, thats a new upper, lower, and barrel.


2 posted on 01/25/2010 4:15:36 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

It’s probably just a .50 Beowulf upper and the reporter is too G-d D@mn stupid to know the difference.


3 posted on 01/25/2010 4:17:35 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Note to self: Never post in a thread about religion again.)
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To: driftdiver
aint no way, thats a new upper, lower, and barrel.

Don't forget about the bolt carrier group as well. What these retard journalists are referring to is a .50 Beowulf. Not exactly the same as a Barret .50.
4 posted on 01/25/2010 4:18:08 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I bet he doesn’t call himself Lloyd Woodson,
probably more like Abdullah Islam.


5 posted on 01/25/2010 4:20:47 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“Lloyd Woodson, 43, whose last known address was Reston, Va.,...

Northern VA is a big hotspot for Islamists.

Things that make you go hmmmm......


6 posted on 01/25/2010 4:22:32 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Article also says:

“Investigators also found Middle Eastern red and white traditional headdress, Forrest said.”

Hmmmmmmm.............


7 posted on 01/25/2010 4:24:37 PM PST by BraveNewCommie (CLICK ME to help EXPOSE Omoslem)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sudden Jihadi Syndrome?


8 posted on 01/25/2010 4:24:43 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"Somerset County investigators seized a cache of weapons including a grenade launcher and hundreds of rounds of ammunition today from the Branchburg motel room of a Virginia man, who also had maps of a U.S. military facility and an out-of-state civilian community."

Picatinny Arsenal is the closest major military facility to Somerset? The wording "out-of-state civilian community" is STRANGE. I'd suspect one of the Jewish communities in SE New York State, just an hour or less north of Picatinny.

9 posted on 01/25/2010 4:28:30 PM PST by bvw
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To: Candor7

Possible domestic jihadist ping. This one definitely has a funny smell.


10 posted on 01/25/2010 4:29:53 PM PST by TigersEye (It's the Marxism, stupid!)
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To: bvw
I wonder what his slaver uh, arabic name is?
11 posted on 01/25/2010 4:30:15 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 369 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Hardastarboard

Lol, reporters think anything that shoots more than once an assault rifle. They still routinely report that police fire their service revolvers.

Glad this guy got snagged before he got going. Bad boy rifle and armored up too, whew, that could have been hellish.


12 posted on 01/25/2010 4:30:45 PM PST by Molon Labbie
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To: bvw

Maybe an Amish community in PA. ;^)


13 posted on 01/25/2010 4:32:30 PM PST by TigersEye (It's the Marxism, stupid!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Damned Amish again

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14 posted on 01/25/2010 4:35:06 PM PST by Elle Bee
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The terrorist probably did not pay his final night stay in the motel..Holder..will have his charges reduced to Defrauding an Innkeeper.


15 posted on 01/25/2010 4:35:40 PM PST by bushpilot1
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To: tet68; Cindy
"I bet he doesn’t call himself Lloyd Woodson, probably more like Abdullah Islam."

bingo! we have a winner.

16 posted on 01/25/2010 4:37:59 PM PST by robomatik (III %)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is one case where the reporters ignorance of firearms might be overlooked. There appears to be “tip of the iceberg” evil intentions with this suspect. Amish uprising in VA?


17 posted on 01/25/2010 4:38:32 PM PST by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 393)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh, Eric Holder will let him off on a technicality.

After all, he be a bro!

18 posted on 01/25/2010 4:38:54 PM PST by Redleg Duke
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To: tet68

Yeah, I’m guessing that ain’t the name he goes by.


19 posted on 01/25/2010 4:39:57 PM PST by exnavy (God save the republic)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Kind of funney, the author used all of the gun hysteria she could squeeze in but didn’t tell us who this guy is.


20 posted on 01/25/2010 4:40:34 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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