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Idaho man arrested for allegedly planting explosive device on railroad car
KHQ.com ^ | January 2, 2025 | Daniel Fortin

Posted on 01/05/2025 2:19:32 PM PST by Twotone

PAYETTE, Idaho — A Payette man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly planting an explosive device on a railroad car.

According to the Payette Police Department, officers responded to North 8th Street around 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day after receiving a report of a suspicious man attempting to light something on fire near a parked railroad car. The suspect was later identified as 40-year-old Brent Sharrai.

Police tracked footprints in the snow from the scene and discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) near the railroad car. Officers continued following the footprints to a trailer in the 600 block of North 8th Street.

When officers approached, Sharrai reportedly tried to flee on foot but surrendered after a short pursuit. He was taken into custody on outstanding Payette County warrants. He was later booked into the Payette County Jail on additional charges, including possession of a destructive device (felony), possession of a controlled substance (felony), possession of paraphernalia (misdemeanor), and resisting and obstructing officers.

Due to the danger posed by the IED, a bomb squad was called to the scene. Union Pacific was notified, and all trains scheduled to pass through the area were put on standby for approximately five hours until the scene was declared safe. An FBI agent also responded to assist with the investigation.

Police said a robot was used to safely remove the IED from the train car, and the device was later detonated.

A search warrant was obtained for the trailer where Sharrai had been staying. Inside, officers reportedly found items similar to those used in the device on the train car, as well as controlled substances and paraphernalia.

Sharrai remains in custody at the Payette County Jail. Federal charges for possession and manufacturing of a destructive device are pending further investigation by the FBI.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: bombs; brentsharrai; explosive; idaho; isolatedincidents; sharrai
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Mayorkas has his man.
1 posted on 01/05/2025 2:19:32 PM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Let me guess: another mohammedan rage boy just like the too many we already have.


2 posted on 01/05/2025 2:20:11 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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“Sharrai’s parents said he has multiple behavioral diagnoses and described him as a child in an adult’s body. They also worry recent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas are blowing Brent’s case out of proportion.”


3 posted on 01/05/2025 2:24:40 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: No name given ; Twotone

https://www.kivitv.com/news/local-news/in-your-neighborhood/payette/suspect-skips-payette-county-arraignment-parents-decry-overreaction


4 posted on 01/05/2025 2:25:50 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: No name given
Doesn't look Mohammedan, but you never know these days. Just a fever-brained anti-Trump terrorist?


5 posted on 01/05/2025 2:26:08 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Marxism is a politics for the ugly, unwanted, uneducated, unhealthy, and insane.)
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To: Twotone
40-year-old Brent Sharrai.

Oh, ya, sure, he was one of the Stewards at the local Grange Hall.

6 posted on 01/05/2025 2:26:39 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, I’d say another antifa wannabe.


7 posted on 01/05/2025 2:26:48 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Twotone

Perhaps Brent was doing Peyote in Payette.

Or just a punk terrorist.


8 posted on 01/05/2025 2:27:14 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: Twotone

18 USC Section 1992 (a)(1)(2)

18 USC §1992. Terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air
(a) General Prohibitions.—Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (c), knowingly and without lawful authority or permission—

(1) wrecks, derails, sets fire to, or disables railroad on-track equipment or a mass transportation vehicle;

(2) places any biological agent or toxin, destructive substance, or destructive device in, upon, or near railroad on-track equipment or a mass transportation vehicle with intent to endanger the safety of any person, or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life;

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both, and if the offense resulted in the death of any person, the person may be sentenced to death.


9 posted on 01/05/2025 2:29:46 PM PST by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel)
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To: Round Earther

Could be he’s just an idiot.


10 posted on 01/05/2025 2:30:35 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. the )
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Could be he’s just an idiot.

I think I figured it out.

Payette is a border town... bordering on Oregon, that is.

Maybe he's protesting all those Oregonians who want to leave their state and join Idaho? < /s>

-PJ

11 posted on 01/05/2025 2:40:55 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Twotone; All
And a 360 miles north of Payette, ID, close to Spokane, a woman was busted making pipe bombs a couple days ago:

Woman arrested in Airway Heights on suspicion of possessing multiple explosive devices (Spokane, WA)

12 posted on 01/05/2025 2:41:54 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Marxism is a politics for the ugly, unwanted, uneducated, unhealthy, and insane.)
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To: Round Earther
Perhaps Brent was doing Peyote in Payette.

As long as he wasn't picking his feet in Poughkeepsie.


13 posted on 01/05/2025 2:42:02 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: No name given

No, he was a white dude. Don’t know what he was protesting with this little stunt.


14 posted on 01/05/2025 2:43:26 PM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: Twotone

Idaho?


15 posted on 01/05/2025 2:53:10 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: No name given

Sound like it from the last name. At least the idiot ain’t named Mohammed or Abdul!


16 posted on 01/05/2025 2:55:24 PM PST by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & subvertion )
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To: No name given

You can’t believe everything on the Internet. But from the link below:

The surname Sharrai is of Arabic origin and is derived from the Arabic word “sharri” which means “evil” or “wicked.”

https://namediscoveries.com/surnames/sharrai


17 posted on 01/05/2025 2:57:24 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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Man gets nearly 2 years prison time for stabbing brother-in-law
Oct 24, 2018 · Brent Sharrai, 34, was facing charges for assault in the second degree, a class C felony, and menacing, a class A misdemeanor, and was set to enter a plea on those charges on …


18 posted on 01/05/2025 3:10:00 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Valpal1

“Sharrai’s parents said he has multiple behavioral diagnoses and described him as a child in an adult’s body....”

Again more proof we need to reopen the mental hospitals closed down in the 1970s. When closed mass murder took off like a rocket.


19 posted on 01/05/2025 3:31:10 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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https://www.ancientfaces.com/surname/sharrai-family-history/19187


20 posted on 01/05/2025 3:54:35 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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