Thread: FBI: Raid of Minn. home disrupted 'terror attack'

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

It looks like the charge is 'FELON in possession of a firearm". And, he admits being in possession by admitting he fired it on 2 occasions.
He is a convicted burglar and has convictions for dangerous handling of a weapon (what ever that is), and "other criminal charges" So we know the type of person he is.

Yes, certainly there are issues about a felon and fire arms in this case as there are tens of thousands of felons with firearms in the United States. I just read an article about how California is trying to spend more money they don't have to round up thousands of these gun owning felons in their state alone.

However, a felon with a gun being treated like a domestic terrorist that was out to kill large groups of innocent citizens or police is another charge.

We would not even be discussing this case at all and would have likely never heard of it if the press and Feds were not proclaiming that they just stopped a domestic terrorist attack from a white male in Minnesota.

That is the topic of debate. Was this guy really a domestic terrorist planning an attack, or is he the latest guy getting media hyped to help the elites depict white male gun owners as the main threat to the US instead of immigrant bombers?

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Montevideo man's terror attack against police foiled, FBI says

Article by: PAUL WALSH and PAUL MCENROE , Staff writers
Updated: May 7, 2013 - 5:06 PM

Buford Rogers appeared in federal court Monday. Authorities said his arrest and the confiscation of guns and pipe bombs possibly saved lives.

Federal authorities said Monday they are confident that they foiled a planned attack on the Montevideo Police Department and possibly saved lives when they arrested a man with suspected white supremacist leanings.

Buford “Bucky” Rogers, 24, of Montevideo, was arrested and charged Friday with being a felon in possession of a firearm after federal authorities found suspected pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and guns during a search of his family’s mobile home, according to a federal criminal complaint and affidavit.

Rogers, wearing a lime green construction company T-shirt and baggy pants stuffed in boots, made his first appearance in federal court in St. Paul on Monday. He was assigned a public defender and remains in custody until another hearing Wednesday.

Federal authorities learned Rogers allegedly talked about wanting to bomb the Montevideo Police Department.

Local authorities would only say that the general public was not at risk and that no schools, churches or public areas such as parks apparently were targeted.

Neighbors’ and Rogers’ own postings on Facebook suggest a man with troubling interests involving racial superiority and irritation with authorities.

“My son knew him for a short period of time, hung out with him,” said Bryan Best, a neighbor from the mobile home park where Rogers lived. “He talked about white supremacist stuff. I didn’t want [my son] hanging around with him, and fortunately he listened to me.”

Several postings on Rogers’ Facebook page from June 15, 2011, express his apparent irritation: “The NWO [New World Order] has taken all your freedoms the right to bear arms freedom of speach freedom of the press …” read one profanity-punctuated message.

According to the affidavit, FBI agents searched Rogers’ home while he was there and found the Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs and a Romanian AKM assault rifle among the firearms.

Armored vehicles and FBI personnel, wearing camouflage uniforms and helmets, had their high-powered weapons at the ready as Rogers was arrested.

After Rogers was arrested, authorities searched his father’s trailer home on the north edge of Montevideo and found more than a dozen bombs inside a shed. Some of the explosives were described by authorities as being sophisticated pipe bombs and others that are the type packed with nails and other kinds of shrapnel.

Other bombs found in the shed were considered unstable, and a federal SWAT team that included bomb-demolition specialists removed the explosives and later detonated them, sources said.

“The FBI believes that a terror attack was disrupted by law enforcement personnel and that the lives of several local residents were potentially saved,” the agency said in a statement issued Monday.

Rogers’ strong anti-government views were well-known around town, drawing the ire of many because the family flew the U.S. flag upside down, according to persons with knowledge of the case. A sign in front of Rogers’ father’s mobile home was spray-painted with the letters B.S.M., standing for Black Snake Militia.

Federal authorities described the so-called group as having about six to eight members, including Rogers and his father, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey Rogers is believed to have similar political views as his son. He also had a U.S. flag hanging upside down on the roof of his home and on his car’s antenna.

Traditionally, flying the flag upside down is an expression of distress, specifically to life and property.

Rogers had multiple Facebook sites that expressed his anti-government views, one of which was under another name, sources said.

Photos in his Facebook account show him with various firearms, along with several people with guns and wearing clown makeup. There were also more postings such as: “ever one better get your guns ready cuz there comeing FEMA” and “The war is here tsa agents are doing random cheeks and shooting people for no reson.”

The plot was discovered and subsequently thwarted through the “timely analysis of intelligence and through the cooperation and coordination” among several federal, state and local agencies, the FBI statement said.

J. Christopher Warrener, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Minneapolis, said the action prevented “a potential tragedy in Montevideo.”

FBI spokesman Kyle Loven said Monday that “there is no indication of any overseas involvement” with the alleged plot. Loven would not address the timing of any potential attack or what was at risk of being attacked. He also would not say whether authorities were looking at other suspects.

During Rogers’ appearance Monday, U.S. District Judge Tony Leung asked Rogers whether he owned a vehicle or home or other assets. He replied, “No, sir.”

Rogers, a construction worker employed by J&D Construction, a company that manufactures grain bins, indicated he had been there for the past four to five months. When the judge asked him whether he still had a job, Rogers replied, “I don’t know.”

Rogers has a criminal record. He was arrested and charged with burglary, weapons theft, drug possession and intent to escape a motor vehicle tax in 2011, according to state records. A year earlier, he was booked for intent to escape a tax and theft, records show.

In an interview with authorities, Rogers admitted firing a weapon on two separate occasions at a gun range in Granite Falls, Minn., the affidavit said. Rogers’ conviction in 2011 for felony burglary in Lac qui Parle County meant he is not allowed to have a firearm. He also has a 2009 misdemeanor conviction for dangerous handling of a weapon in Hennepin County, as well as other criminal violations, according to online court records.

Kevin Lancaster, who manages a convenience store near the mobile home park where the arrest occurred, said he met Rogers about a year or a year and a half ago through a friend.

“He pulled a 9-millimeter [handgun] out of his pocket,” Lancaster recalled Monday. “I thought, ‘This isn’t a guy I want to know.’ ”

Star Tribune staff writer Nicole Norfleet contributed to this report.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

http://www.startribune.com/local/206277591.html?refer=y

From Florida


Police find explosive device after Florida man loses fingers in blast

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted May 8, 2013 at 5:40 a.m.

TAMPA — Charges are pending against a Tampa man who police say blew off two of his fingers with fireworks.

Police said 41-year-old James Lee Minyard called 911 Tuesday and said he had blown off two fingers in an accident. Minyard was taken to the hospital and is undergoing surgery. His injuries are not life-threatening.

While searching the scene for evidence, authorities said they found a handmade improvised explosive device. The area was shut down and the bomb squad was called.

No other details were released.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/...orida-man-los/

3 more explosive devices found at Tempe student’s home

By Yihyun Jeong and Chris ColeThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News TeamWed May 8, 2013 11:00 AM

Three more improvised explosive devices were found at the home of a Marcos De Niza High School senior who was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing of an IED, authorities said.

Joshua Prater, 18, was taken into custody on suspicion of misconduct involving weapons and possessing a prohibited weapon and IED, said Sgt. Mike Pooley, a spokesman for the Tempe Police Department.

A woman was cleaning a house in the 1600 block of East Candlestick Drive when she found a device that looked like a bomb. She took it to a Tempe Fire Station to have it checked out about 2:30 p.m., Pooley said.

Firefighters immediately notified Tempe police, who responded to the scene and deemed the device as a legitimate IED. The device was disabled, Pooley said.

The woman told police there were more materials in Prater’s bedroom at the house she was cleaning. She had taken photos of the materials, which showed items used for making more IEDs, Pooley said.

While searching the house Tuesday evening, Police found at three more IEDs in Prater’s bedroom, and a fourth and bigger additional device that police is concerned with, Pooley said. Police is testing to see if it is an active IED.

Police also found Tupperware with gunpowder in the room with additional IED materials.

Prater lives with his mother and father. His parents were interviewed by police, and it was determined that they weren’t involved, Pooley said.

Prater’s parents told police he would go to the desert and make soda bottle bombs with his friends and blow them up there, Pooley said. The parents believe their son made such devices just for recreational

http://www.azcentral.com/community/t...home-abrk.html

Topeka Men Charged With Making, Possessing Pipe Bomb

TOPEKA, KANSAS – One Topeka man is charged in a federal indictment with making a pipe bomb and another is charged with possessing a pipe bomb, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

Joseph E. Rogers, 35, Topeka, Kan., is charged with one count of making a destructive device. The device is described as a length of metal tubing inserted into a PVC pipe, which was then inserted into a cardboard tube. A length of pyrotechnic fuse was inserted through a hole in the wall of the pipes, and paper and lead end plugs were added along with a quantity of explosives identified as smokeless powder. The indictment says the device was capable of causing serious injury or death to persons near it if it exploded..

Kyle C. Roe, 21, Topeka, Kan., was charged with possessing the device.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred Nov. 13, 2012, in Shawnee County, Kan.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Hathaway is prosecuting.

http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/20...pipe-bomb.html

‘Terror Attack’ Thwarted in Minnesota: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know

posted2 days ago by Heavy Staff



The FBI says it has thwarted an imminent domestic terror plot with the arrest of a paramilitary enthusiast in Montevideo, Minnesota, and the seizure of explosives and weapons.
Here's what you need to know about the arrest of Buford "Bucky" Rogers.

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1. The Feds Raided a Trailer Park

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Image via MonteNews.com.

According to the FBI, multiple law enforcement agencies "executed a search warrant at 1204 Benson Avenue, Lot #8, in Montevideo, Minnesota," and arrested Buford "Bucky" Rogers, age 24. The raid occurred on Friday, May 3, at Rogers' trailer home, where a massive contingent of officers and agents, including the local bomb squad, descended on the scene.

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2. Bombs & a Romanian Assault Rifle Were Seized


According to the criminal complaint (read it above), agents seized a Romanian AK-M rifle (a next-gen AK-47), pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails.

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3. The FBI Says it Has Disrupted a "Terror Attack" Plot


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From the FBI statement:

The FBI believes that a terror attack was disrupted by law enforcement personnel and that the lives of several local residents were potentially saved. The terror plot was discovered and subsequently thwarted ...

FBI spokesman Kyle Loven told the AP there "would have been a localized terror attack, and that's why law enforcement moved quickly."

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4. The Suspect Formed the "Anti-Government" Black Snake Militia


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According to MonteNews.com:

...several neighbors in Northdale Park mentioned Buford was a member of an anti-government group.

ABC reports:

Police Chief Adam Christopher told ABC News Rogers had started a group called the Black Snake Militia, an organization with anti-government tendencies. Two senior law enforcement sources told ABC News Rogers appears to be a "militia"-type suspect whose targets potentially included local authorities.

In June 2011, Buford made several anti-government statements on his Facebook page, including:

The war is here tsa agents are doing random cheeks and shooting people for no reson

...ever one better get your guns ready cuz there comeing FEMA

this is not bullshit just cuz its not in your back yard yet doesnt mean it wont b soon

the NWO has taken all your freedoms the right to bear arms freedom of speach freedom of the press cheek the shit out for your self this is ****ing real

together we can fight back they wont take me down with out a fight i hope that you wont go down easy eather

weve already started fighting im shure youl hear about it in a bad way

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5. There Are no Details on the Planned Attack or on Whether Buford Was Acting Alone

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6. He's a Convicted Felon


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According to the complaint, Rogers was previously convicted of third-degree burglary, a felony, in 2011. He's now charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. He also had a previous conviction for reckless use of a weapon in 2009.

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7. Buford's Facebook Page is Full of Paramilitary Images


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8. Buford is a Juggalo


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According to a photos on his Facebook page, including his tattoo, Buford is a Juggalo — a member of the cult-like following of the Psychopathic Records music label, aka "The Hatchet Family."

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9. He's Recently Pictured with a New Baby


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Numerous photos posted online depict Buford with a baby boy, suggesting he may be a new dad. His Facebook page also says that he is in a relationship.

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10. He Lists His Favorite Book as The Art of War


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Meanwhile, the only "Activity" listed on his Facebook page is "Militia" and the only "Interest" he lists is "Warfare."
　
　
　
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/05/buford-bucky-rogers-terror-minnesota-montevideo/

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