Things just keep getting weirder. Last Saturday, a California man was stopped trying to go through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint with what was reportedly a viable explosive device and several cellular phones. Fortunately, he was nabbed by security.
A California man is facing federal charges after authorities say he attempted to pass through security at Sacramento International Airport with an explosive device in his carry-on luggage while preparing to board a flight to North Carolina.
Kimani Osayande Jones, also known as Kimani Osayande Jackson, 49, of Sacramento, was charged by criminal complaint with unlawfully possessing explosive material in an airport, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California.
In his carry-on, no less. Fortunately, this Kimani Osayande Jones wasn't too smart about the whole thing:
According to court documents, Jones attempted to pass through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Sacramento International Airport around 9 p.m. on May 30 before boarding American Airlines Flight 2464, which was scheduled to fly from Sacramento to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Investigators said Jones was wearing a scarf covering his face and blue latex gloves when he arrived at the security checkpoint.
A scarf covering his face and blue latex gloves? He may as well have walked up to TSA shouting, "Look at me! I'm a suspicious character!"
We can't always count on goblins being dumb about their attempts to do whatever it was Jones may have been intending to do, but it's sure convenient when they are.
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Authorities allege that a search of his carry-on backpack revealed an M-type explosive device, a torch lighter capable of igniting it, a knife, scissors, a scissor blade, an aerosol can and zip ties. The device was described in court records as a brown cylindrical object measuring about 2.5 inches long with a green fuse protruding from one end.
And:
Federal prosecutors said Jones was also carrying five cellphones. According to the complaint, all five phones had tape covering their front-facing cameras. One phone allegedly had a 15-minute timer ready to start, while another displayed a message from an unidentified number stating, "we will be awaiting your call."
That implies a level of sophistication in bomb-making that doesn't seem likely for a guy who approaches TSA with his face covered, blue gloves, then tries to hand-wave away the fact that he was carrying a bomb by offering to discard it. After he was arrested, Jones quickly exercised his right to remain silent, which is apparently the only prudent thing he did in this entire affair.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed, there.
Mr. Jones was, according to the reports here, in contact with the FBA; he had made several calls, complaining he was being followed, before showing up at the Sacramento airport. And another disturbing tidbit: His checked bag went all the way to North Carolina before being searched, which seems unwise; one would think they would have yanked that bag off the plane before it took off.
Whatever Jones intended to do, in any case, has been thwarted.
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