A federal prosecutor disputes defense claims that two Egyptian college students arrested near a South Carolina Navy weapons station were carrying harmless fireworks and not dangerous explosives.
An attorney for Youssef Samir Megahed filed a motion last week asking a judge to reconsider granting bail. He cited an FBI report that characterized the items found in the trunk of the car as a pyrotechnic mixture that burned but didn't explode when tested.
But federal prosecutor Jay Hoffer, in a motion filed Monday opposing bond for Megahed, said defense attorney Adam Allen "mischaracterized" the FBI report in describing the items in the trunk as harmless.
Hoffer said the items — including PVC pipe containing a mixture of sugar and potassium nitrate and capped with cat litter — meet the federal legal definition of explosives. FBI analysts determined that the mixture could explode if it was packed more tightly in the pipe and capped, Hoffer wrote.
$70,000 in explosives stolen from Pistons game
Someone in metro Detroit is hauling a stolen trailer carrying about $70,000 worth of explosives meant to pump up the crowd before Pistons games.
Employees of Band-Ayd Systems International Inc., which provides the flames and flash that kick off home games, discovered the trailer was missing at about 8 a.m. Sunday.
Loaded inside were dragons -- the devices that shoot flames skyward during the starting lineup's introductions -- and concussive explosives that easily could blow off body parts.
Wow.
Thanks.
Appreciate the ping.
Probably just those Detroit “thugs” stealing explosives. ;-)
Yikes, that’s a lot of stolen explosives. Thanks for the heads up MamaD.