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| ID Thief in Brooklyn has Qaeda leanings | |
| 2008-10-07 | |
The tenant, Hisham Khaleel, 35, had been evicted. Responding officers found 13 copied licenses, all of which appeared to belong to customers from the Vanderbilt YMCA on East 47th Street in Manhattan, where Khaleel worked briefly as an unarmed security guard. They also found news clippings about al Qaeda, literature on chemical purchasing and processing, an owner's manual for a Beretta handgun, a reference guide for modern airplanes, a video on rifle-shooting fundamentals and a sniper's manual. Cops also uncovered lab glassware catalogs and a book, "Hostile Planet: The Essential Guide to Surviving Natural Disasters, Pandemics and Terrorist Attacks." Khaleel's former co-worker Pierre Andre Leonard, 35, said the suspect worked for six months on the 3-11 p.m. shift. "He didn't hang with the crew," he said, adding that Khaleel seemed to disappear one day. Khaleel was awaiting arraignment last night in Brooklyn Supreme Court on charges of criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of personal identification. However, sources said the materials found in the apartment had piqued probers' interest, and a full-scale investigation was under way. According to federal court filings, Khaleel has been a frequent - if unsuccessful - litigant. A 2005 lawsuit against the staffing company Metro One Loss Prevention Services alleged that he had been discriminated against on the basis of his Egyptian background when he was let go. The suit was dismissed, as was a nearly identical claim against the US Postal Service, where Khaleel worked from 2001 to 2004. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Great - a wanna be terrorist and a postal worker. Two great things that go great together. Think he boosted a few pieces of mail in 3 years? |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2008-10-07 16:25 |
| #1 Probably just a harmless hobby. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-10-07 08:43 |