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| Man charged with terrorism after city hall bomb threat in Metro Detroit |
| 2013-05-15 |
| For several hours Monday, police shut down Ford Road and others surrounding Westland City Hall because of a bomb threat. Most of the employees were at a nearby funeral in Dearborn Heights for fallen firefighter Brian Woelke, who died fighting a blaze last week. During this time, investigators say Sean W. Quigley, 37, entered the municipal building and demanded to speak with William Wild, not the first time Quigley had done this. Wild was unavailable, and upon being told this Quigley claimed to have a bomb strapped to his body, ClickOnDetroit.com reported after interviewing the mayor. Quigley entered the Mayor's office and took his assistant hostage, eventually asking her to get him some coffee at which time she took the opportunity to flee. Quigley later exited City Hall and was arrested without incident. Police found no explosives on the premises. Quigley is charged with terrorism, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison, kidnapping, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison; false reporting of a bomb and threat of terrorism, both four-year felonies. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 My thoughts exactly, Frank. If he had had a bomb, and set it off, and destroyed city hall, how could they tell? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-15 22:41 |
| #1 "I'm gonna destroy this place!" *looks around* "oops....too late" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-05-15 21:15 |