Posted on 08/22/2020 10:21:37 AM PDT by Mount Athos
A St. Petersburg protester has been charged with terrorist activity after police discovered a Molotov cocktail in his car that was parked outside of police headquarters.
Police arrested 26-year-old Abraham Quraishi for inciting a riot and resisting arrest with violence during a June 3 protest outside of police headquarters.
The arrest was reported on the following day as Chief Anthony Holloway described how Quraishi threw a round of ammunition at the direction of officers during the protest. Officers soon realized Quraishi was carrying a loaded firearm without a permit.
Days later, investigators discovered Quraishi parked his car as close to police headquarters due to the barricades on the night of the arrest.
A report states Quraishi called his uncle from jail and directed him to tow his locked vehicle to Pinellas Park. Police later discovered a Molotov cocktail inside the vehicle.
A swab tested positive for flammable liquid.
“If the defendant was not arrested, there is reason to believe the defendant was going to discharge the device,” an arrest report states.
According to police, there were approximately 30 to 40 people at the protest that night and numerous officers in and outside the police building.
Also concerning, police say, are several videos investigators uncovered on Quraishi’s phone.
One video, according to court documents, shows Quraishi outside the St. Pete Police Department with his rifle, captioned “stay home.”
Another allegedly shows Quraishi holding a firearm passing by the old St. Pete Police building with the caption “thinking about.”
A third video shows Quraishi driving by the new St. Pete Pier with the caption “pigs guarding the pier I ran a few nights ago.” The video allegedly then shows Quraishi panning the camera to a Molotov cocktail and a rifle.
A report also stated that these videos depict “apparent reconnaissance from high vantage points of SPPD and other critical infrastructure.”
ABC Action News reporter Ryan Smith reached out to local St. Pete protesters who said “the one person who met him that night claims that he traveled from Polk County to protest and has not been back consistently since.”
Just this week, police say they arrested Quraishi’s roommate for setting off a Molotov cocktail in a St. Pete parking lot.
Seanfrancis Ziegenbein, 23, is charged with making or discharging a destructive device.
The Tampa attorney who is now representing both defendants told ABC Action News reporter Ryan Smith he had no comment when called Friday.
St. Pete PD issued the following statement following the two men's arrests:
Sounds Amish. To be released soon.
I carry a Loaded Forearm without a Permit, but I live in MS where we have Constitutional Carry. Don’t have any Molotov Cocktails though, but I do own the parts to make some if I want to. LOL
I just received my CCW so I can carry a loaded Firearm in the 30+ other States that “allow” Reciprocity.
Yes, I know the word “allow” isn’t included in the language of the Second Amendment, but here we are.
Leave the Molotov Cocktail, take the Cannoli.
Quraishi, a variant spelling of Kobayashi, as in Kobayashi Maru?
(Jeff Cooper) Well, OF COURSE it was loaded! If it’s not loaded it’s useless! (/Jeff Cooper)
“Protester”
I carry a loaded forearm too, but my leg has 8 screws in it.
If these “peaceful BLM protests” get any more peaceful we’ll need bomb shelters. Maybe we already need them.
I could be wrong about this but isn't it the usual practice to put the round into a firearm thingy?
>>>I carry a loaded forearm too, but my leg has 8 screws in it.<<<
My Magazine has 12 Rounds in it, Hollow Points.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qureshi
It seems a little odd that they are just now finding a Molotov cocktail from June 3.
Here is the arrest affidavit. The article failed to mention he works for the school district.
UCN: 522020CF006991XXXXCF FL0521400 COMPLAIHT/ARREST AFFIDAVIT CIRCUIT/COUNTY
Charge Description Melony misdemeanor I_]Warrant |_fl‘raffic [jrdinance Traffic Citation # (if any) Court Case # Charge TERRORISM/ TERRORST ACTIVITY 20-06991_CF_1
Defendant’s Name (Last, First, Middle) DOB Sex Race Ht Wt Hair Eyes Skin QURAISHI, ABRAHAM NAVEED 04/1 5/1 994 6’0 240 BLK BRO
_ at CITY OF ST’ PETERSBURG
.in Pinellas County did:
DID VIOLATE STATUE 790.161 AND OR 806.1 11 IN FURTHERANCE OF INTIMIDATING OR COERClNG THE POLICY OF GOVERNMENT OR, lN FURTHERANCE OF EFFECTING THE CONDUCT OF GOVERNMENT BY MASS DESTRUCTION OR ASSASSINATION:
ON 6/3/20 THE DEFENDANT (AQ) WHILE IN POSSESSION OF CONCEALED FIREARM WITHOUT PERMIT, WAS SEEN THROWING SPENT 40MM
MUNITION ROUND AT THE DIRECTION OF POLICE DURING THE PROTESTS AT THE SPPD. HE WAS ARRESTED AND HIS PHONE WAS COLLECTED. ON
7/23/20 SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON HIS PHONE. VARIOUS VIDEOS WERE FOUND, DATES RANGING 5/26/20-06/2/20. OF NOTE. ONE SHOWS THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOLOTOV COCKTAIL, ONE SHOWS MALE TESTING SUSPECTED MOLOTOV COCKTAIL IN ST PETE; ONE SHOWS
AQ AT SPPD ARMED WITH HIS RIFLE WITH THE CAPTION “STAY HOME”; ONE DEPICTS THE BRANDISHING OF FIREARM WHILE DRIVING BY THE OLD
SPPD, WHERE POLICE VEHICLES ARE VISIBLE, WITH THE CAPTION “THINKING ABOUT”; ONE DEPICTS THE POINTING OF FIREARM IN THE DIRECTION OF LOW-PROFILE POLICE CAR CAPTION “UNMARKED” AND PIG EMOJI; ONE DEPICTS DRIVE BY OF THE PIER WITH THE CAPTION ”PIGS
GUARDING THE PIER l RAN FEW NIGHTS AGO” AND PANS TO MOLOTOV COCKTAIL AND RIFLE; OTHERS DEPICT APPARENT RECONNAISSANCE FROM HIGH VANTAGE POINTS OF SPPD AND OTHER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. ON THE NIGHT OF HIS ARREST, THE DEFENDANT PARKED HIS VEHICLE AS CLOSE TO THE SPPD AS HE COULD DUE TO BARRICADES. WHILE IN JAIL ON 06/5/20 AQ CALLED HIS UNCLE AND DIRECTED HIS UNCLE TO TOW HIS LOCKED VEHICLE. ON 06/6/20 HIS UNCLE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO PINELLAS PARK. ON 6/8/20, THE PINELLAS PARK PD OBSERVED AQ’S
LOCKED VEHICLE. ENTRY WAS MADE AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL FROM 5/31/20 VIDEO WAS OBSERVED. SWAB OF THE
BOTTLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR FLAMMABLE LIQUID. IF THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT ARRESTED, THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THE DEFENDANT WAS
GOING TO DISCHARGE THE DEVICE. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30-40 PEOPLE AT THE PROTESTS AND NUMEROUS OFFICERS lN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SPPD.
Contrary to Florida Statute/Ordinance 775-30
ARREST DATE: 7/28/2020 Time4:00 PM _ .Aggravating/Mifigating Factors REQUEST HIGH BOND
Booking Officer: AQUINO: 57622 Amount of Bond 100’000 Bond Out Date Time Dam. meg.
Victim Notified of Advisory? _JYes _J No Injuries to Victim? _| Yes _ No Medical Treatment to Victim? DYes No
The Court reviewed this complaint and finds there: Dis probable cause Dis not probable cause to detain defendant DBond Action, if any:
a 11;},t The probable cause determinaiitb §Eé Wig?QM Hrs on showing of extraordinary circumstances Received by Booking: 7/28/2020 7:40.20 PM
pursuant to F. s. 92 525 and m. er AME], mmdmthat have REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE COSTS Es. 938.270)
Okay, apparently you missed the ‘forearm’ thing. 8~)
Apparently so. I thought I was being clever. FAIL!
I got piled on by a bunch of people, and my best comeback was to post a lot of pictures of 'Stan' from 'South Park'.
The ol' sniff test no longer counts?
-Mayor Daley 1968
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