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February 9, 2007
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/ho020907b.htm
RONALD GRECULA SENTENCED TO PRISON IN PLOT TO SELL BOMB TO TERRORISTS
(HOUSTON) Ronald Allen Grecula, 70, a resident of Bangor, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to five (5) years in federal prison, without parole, for attempting to provide material support and resources to Al-Qaeda, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today.
The prison term was imposed by United States District Judge Keith Ellison at a hearing held this afternoon. Grecula pled guilty on September 21, 2006 to attempting to build and offering to sell an explosive device to an undercover officer, whom he thought was a member of al Qaeda.
According to pleadings filed in this case, in April 2005, through approximately May 20, 2005, Ronald Allen GRECULA negotiated with a confidential source, and later undercover officers, to build and sell an explosive device to terrorists groups targeting the United States.
On May 20, 2005, upon arriving in Houston, Texas, GRECULA attended a meeting with the undercover agents at AmeriSuites Hotel, 300 Ronan Park Place, Houston, Texas. In an approximately one-hour long videotaped meeting, GRECULA indicated that he was willing to build and sell an explosive device to a group he believed was affiliated with al Qaeda to be used against Americans.
Following his release from federal prison, the court has ordered Grecula to serve a three (3) year period of supervised release. Grecula has been in federal custody without bond since his arrest in May 2005.
The investigation leading to the charges in this case was conducted by the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeff Vaden and Mark McIntyre.
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