man claiming link to Las Vegas cop deaths arrested

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/man-claiming-link-las-vegas-cop-deaths-arrested


In this undated photo provided by Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office shows Samuel Bradbury. A man authorities say claimed to be linked to a former Indiana couple who fatally shot two Las Vegas police officers is facing intimidation charges after allegedly threatening an Indiana Supreme Court justice, a second judge and two law enforcement officers. Bradbury, 22, of Pine Village, also faces federal charges that have been sealed, FBI supervisory agent Bob Ramsey of the bureau’s Merrillville office told the Lafayette Journal & Courier. (AP Photo/Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office)

HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man who claimed to run an anarchist group that commanded a couple to kill two Las Vegas police officers had never heard of the pair before the shootings, but his threats to blow up a courthouse and kill judges in the same boastful Facebook posting were taken seriously by authorities, an FBI agent testified Monday.

The testimony helped convince an Indiana magistrate judge to hold Samuel Bradbury without bond on charges of willfully threatening the use of explosive materials and to extort and threaten interstate communication. If convicted on both counts, the 22-year-old from Pine Village could face up to 15 years in prison.

Investigators found no evidence that 765 Anarchists, the group Bradbury claimed to lead, existed or that he had even heard of Jerad and Amanda Miller, who formerly lived in Lafayette, Indiana, before they killed two police officers and another person before dying in a shootout in early June, FBI agent Troy Wohlfert testified.

But when searching the home where Bradbury lived with his parents, police found three bags of aluminum powder and three bags of black iron oxide, Wohlfert said. The substances can be combined to make thermite, an incendiary device, and the only thing missing was something to ignite it, he said.

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1. The website went down while I was trying to read that article...

Here's a report on Bradbury's arrest from the Lafayette Journal & Courier:

Facebook death threats 'satire,' defendant claims

http://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2014/06/30/facebook-death-threats-satire-defendant-claims/11813573/

The post states that West Lafayette Police Detective Troy Green and Tippecanoe County Sheriff Tracy Brown are the "top two on our hit list."

"We have gathered enough thermite and explosives that we intend to not only kill those two pigs and any others that get in our way, but also to cause extreme damage to the county's various offices' equipment, including police cars and police buildings," Bradbury's post states.

He names Tippecanoe Superior Court 5 Judge Les Meade and Indiana Supreme Court Justice Loretta Rush, who served 14 years as Tippecanoe Superior Court 3 judge, as targets.

"Our arsenal is massive, and our group has well over 50 supremely dedicated members who are willing to die," the post continues.

Court-appointed defense attorneys Ashwin Cattamanchi and Viniyanka Prasad said the entire post was "satire."

It sounds like all the makings of a "sovereign citizen" to me, with typical threatening of public officials, buildings, and courthouses.