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Marines On Unexcused Leave Accused Of Plotting To Use Bomb At Camp Lejeune
WRAL-TV ^ | February 9, 2003 | WRAL/AP

Posted on 02/09/2003 8:49:08 AM PST by mykdsmom

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:55:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. -- Two Marines on unexcused leave from Camp Lejeune, N.C., were in a Pennsylvania jail Saturday night, accused of threatening to use a bomb at Camp Lejeune.

According to Pennsylvania State police, the Marines and a third person downloaded bomb-making information from the Internet and threatened to use the explosives at the base.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: camplejeune; military; militarybaseplots; militarybseplots; nc; northcarolina; oldnorthstate; terrorists
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To: Richard Poe
Are these readers of Justin ping?
41 posted on 02/09/2003 3:52:32 PM PST by TLBSHOW (God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
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To: wimpycat
"I doubt they could have set off a bomb on base, but they could have set off a bomb in Jacksonville in a busy area frequented by Marines and their families."

Huh?

That doesnt make any sense. For an active duty [ID carrying] Marine it is just as easy to do one as it is the other.

42 posted on 02/09/2003 3:56:05 PM PST by VaBthang4 (Jeremiah 51;24 "..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: VaBthang4
Except that if these guys were UA, they'd get nabbed at the main gate when they tried to come aboard Lejeune.
43 posted on 02/09/2003 3:57:00 PM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: mykdsmom
When I read something like this I always wonder if Richard Morrison, Richard Medders and Janna Smith are their "pre-conversion" names. The press is SO PC these days I just kind of suspect these things.

My semi-educated guess is that they aren't. Based on the names, and one being from Tunkhannock, PA, it sorta implies "Dumb White Trash" to me.

Of course, if the perp or possible perp of some crime isn't Middle Eastern or Muslim, FR completely loses interest fairly quickly, so it will be interesting to see how many posts these threads get.

44 posted on 02/09/2003 3:59:48 PM PST by John H K
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To: Owl_Eagle
They might be walking point with tin cans around their ankles right now.
45 posted on 02/09/2003 3:59:55 PM PST by Cvengr
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To: wimpycat
., Richard Thomas Medders, 22 of Trussville, Ala

In 1984 I marched for the first time as part of my reserve unit on Veterans day. I had civilians come up and shake my hand, thanking my for my sevice. That was a big change from Michigan where I was called a baby killer, Green Wennie, and had water sprayed on me while in uniform. I decided Alabamians have a special place in heart's for military

So, not only is this guy a disgrace to the military and the Marine Corps, he's also a disgrace to Alabama.

46 posted on 02/09/2003 4:01:08 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: wimpycat
["They were unhappy in the Marine Corps and wanted out ..."]

Well, they have certainly accomplished that. Wonder how they will like 10-20 years of hard labor at Leavenworth.

47 posted on 02/09/2003 4:01:24 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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To: null and void; mykdsmom
When I read something like this I always wonder if Richard Morrison, Richard Medders and Janna Smith are their "pre-conversion" names. The press is SO PC these days I just kind of suspect these things.

Anybody have an pics of these suspects/perps? I'm strongly suspecting Nation of Islam ties here...

48 posted on 02/09/2003 4:02:26 PM PST by WarSlut
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To: river rat
Hahaha...I never saw it. But I did spend a couple of hours in the NIS's holding cell as well as 3 days [bread & water] on the USS WASP's brig.

I was quick to let the left jab loose back in those days.

:o)
49 posted on 02/09/2003 4:02:59 PM PST by VaBthang4 (Jeremiah 51;24 "..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: Movemout
Unexcused leave? We used call it being AWOL, 29 days later it is called desertion.

It's only AWOL/desertion if they forget to carry their Clinton-era "Timeout" cards.

50 posted on 02/09/2003 4:07:57 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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To: John H K
it sorta implies "Dumb White Trash" to me

Of course, if the perp or possible perp of some crime isn't Middle Eastern or Muslim, FR completely loses interest fairly quickly

Dumb white trash, Freepers are all morons... You're just full of surprises.

Does CAIR pay you by the post or by the hour? And do they pay you in dollars or virgins?

51 posted on 02/09/2003 4:08:10 PM PST by WarSlut
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To: wimpycat; All
Sorry I had the base and date mixed up. However this article and I don't think they ever revealed were all the explosives were found.

Posted on Sat, Jun. 22, 2002

Soldier arrested

At least three others implicated in theft from Robinson Paving Co.

Ricky Todd Godsey, a U.S. Army Specialist stationed at Fort Benning, was arrested at 1 a.m. Friday on charges stemming from the theft of 300 sticks of high-grade explosives from Robinson Paving Co. in Columbus earlier this year. Authorities say the investigation indicates at least three people were involved in the crime.

Columbus Police Sgt. John Crump arrested Godsey, 23, on charges of felony theft by taking and possession of destructive devices. Godsey, a native of Watauga, Tenn., was bound over to Muscogee County Superior Court on $110,000 bond, during an 8 a.m. Friday hearing in Columbus Recorder's Court. The case is expected to go to a grand jury in three to four months.

He is accused of possessing 151 sticks "which were configured as a bomb or similar to said device or parts of such device," the Columbus police arrest report states.

Godsey, stationed at Fort Benning since October 2001, was assigned to a maintenance crew that works on large engines, said Rich McDowell, Fort Benning's chief public affairs officer.

Meanwhile, Robinson Paving recently has received three administrative citations from the State Fire Marshal's office and the company has a plan of action to correct the problems, said Gina Gassert, spokeswoman for Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John Oxendine's office. The nature of the citations is not yet public, and a decision on whether to fine or otherwise penalize the company has not been made.

Godsey is accused of taking 300 sticks of Emutrench ammonium nitrate explosives worth $1,100 from a secured storage magazine across the road from Robinson's offices at 5425 Schatulga Road. The explosives, used to blast rock for road construction projects, were discovered missing on May 23, but authorities say they could have been taken weeks to months earlier. About half the explosives were left outside the above-ground steel bunker in the wooded area around it.

The 151 sticks that were stolen were discovered in a rural area of the Fort Benning Reservation near Macon Road, where they had been buried. An anonymous letter stating exactly where to find the explosives and expressing sorrow for the incident was found by a man fromnorth Columbus on his car. The note was written on a piece of mail that apparently was taken from someone else, and still had the mail recipient's name on it, said Columbus Police Lt. Bill Rawn.

Some of the sticks found on the reservation were left at another nearby location, but authorities have not released information about them. The explosives were found outside the barricaded area of the post. Authorities detonated the sticks that were left near the bunker at Fort Benning one evening, and blew up the rest that was recovered from the post the next evening, May 30.

Godsey was questioned by Fort Benning Criminal Investigations Division officers for eight hours Wednesday and again starting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Rawn said. He was contacted by CID at 4 p.m. Thursday and he sent Sgt. John Crump to sit in on the questioning at 4:30 p.m. Questioning continued until his arrest.

Rawn said authorities still have no motive for the theft.

Godsey reportedly failed several polygraph tests administered by CID, and he was implicated by a friend, Melanie Martin, after she apparently saw items at Godsey's house. Martin, of a Buena Vista Road address in Columbus, is in the Muscogee County Jail on unrelated arson charges stemming from fires allegedly set on a bridal shop, gas station and truck on April 22.

Rawn said Godsey implicated another man in the explosives case who is in jail in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on unrelated charges.

Spc. Billy J. Pitzen, 20, of Buena Vista Road and originally from Staceyville, Iowa, is a 3rd Brigade artilleryman at Fort Benning. Amber Pitzen, his ex-wife, said he has twice been absent without leave from the Army. He is being held on an unrelated aggravated assault charge in Florida for allegedly throwing a rock through a man's window, and for desertion at Fort Benning. Rawn said police will seek his return to Columbus.

Godsey told authorities that Pitzen borrowed his pickup truck, picked up the explosives, returned to Godsey's house at Fort Benning and the two men went and unloaded them, authorities said.

Frank Martin, a Columbus attorney who represents Robinson Paving, acknowledged Friday that the company has responded in writing to the state's three administrative citations.

"Until we hear from them, I think we've done all we can do to this point," Martin said.

52 posted on 02/09/2003 4:24:42 PM PST by TexKat
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To: mykdsmom
"Morrison and Medders allegedly left Camp Lejeune about two weeks ago, according to state police in Tunkhannock. Marine Corps officials could not immediately confirm that"

As with the goofball in Germany who turned out to have shot himself - twice - because he didn't feel his career was going anywhere, my knee jerk reaction to this crew is, if they really are guilty, the military is far better off without them and thank HEAVEN they won't be in a position where a REAL soldiers needs to depend on them to protect his back.

53 posted on 02/09/2003 4:38:03 PM PST by cake_crumb (Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
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To: Station 51
"Sounds like Terrorism to me and they should be Executed or Jailed for Life just as we would if they were Muslim Extremists attempting to blow-up a military base."

Yes, they should.

54 posted on 02/09/2003 4:45:30 PM PST by cake_crumb (Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
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To: John H K
"My semi-educated guess is that they aren't. Based on the names, and one being from Tunkhannock, PA, it sorta implies 'Dumb White Trash' to me.

"Of course, if the perp or possible perp of some crime isn't Middle Eastern or Muslim, FR completely loses interest fairly quickly, so it will be interesting to see how many posts these threads get."

When one reads through 49 thoughtful posts expressing sincere wishes that these men spend their lives in Leavenworth, do you have any idea how STUPID you look in contrast??

On second thought, no I guess you don't.

55 posted on 02/09/2003 4:53:32 PM PST by cake_crumb (Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
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To: wimpycat
My Prediction: They just like to see things go "boom."
56 posted on 02/09/2003 5:05:30 PM PST by Illbay
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To: SICSEMPERTYRANNUS
And do we still have "Brig Chasers"?
57 posted on 02/09/2003 5:15:09 PM PST by col kurz
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To: river rat; Squantos; Travis McGee; sneakypete; Poohbah
Darwin award winners that will have a miserable pre death existence is my guess.
58 posted on 02/09/2003 5:27:58 PM PST by CARepubGal
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To: river rat
Trust you I do! Little wonder the brig was opposite the long waiting lines of the base theater, some time for observation and reflection...Only in the Corps..
59 posted on 02/09/2003 5:33:55 PM PST by col kurz
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To: CARepubGal
Totally. OTOH, their intellects may make a happy match with scrubbing prison floors and walls for 20 years.
60 posted on 02/09/2003 5:42:17 PM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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