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FBI Takes Down Suspected Cleveland Terrorist Planning Fourth of July AttackCleveland.comJul. 03, 2018 |
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 CLEVELAND, Ohio - For the second time in six years, the FBI reported having prevented a home-grown terrorist from carrying out an attack designed to cause wide-scale death and destruction in Northeast Ohio. At a Monday news conference, the FBI in Cleveland and the Joint Terrorism Task Force announced they had arrested Maple Heights man who was plotting to help al-Qaida detonate a bomb in downtown Cleveland during the Fourth of July. Demetrius N. Pitts, 48, a Muslim who the FBI reported had been radicalized in the United States, was charged with attempting to "provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization." The investigation of Pitts has similarities to the FBI's 2012 investigation that foiled a bridge-bombing plot. In both cases, the FBI used undercover investigators posing as would-be accomplices and promising to provide the explosives. Read More |
