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Man gets 12 years in prison for air-traffic facility fire
CHICAGO (AP) — A Fed-
eral Aviation Administration
contractor who admitted
setting a fire at a Chicago-
area radar facility that dis-
rupted flights nationwide
was sentenced Friday to
12 1/2 years in prison after
hours of testimony, includ-
ing by a man who said his
sister died before he could
reach her deathbed after
his flight was canceled be-
Man charged in plot to bomb Sept. 11 memorial in Missouri
JASON DEAREN
Associated Press
ORANGE PARK, Florida (AP)
— A U.S. man who claimed
in online forums to have
inspired terrorists in Austra-
lia and Texas was arrested
after telling an informant
how to build a homemade
bomb to attack a 9/11 me-
morial in Missouri, accord-
ing to a criminal complaint.
Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 20,
was arrested and charged
with distributing informa-
tion relating to explosives,
destructive devices and
weapons of mass destruc-
tion, the U.S. Attorney’s Of-
fice said Thursday.
Goldberg, of Florida, be-
gan communicating on-
line with an FBI informant in
July, giving information on
how to build a bomb us-
ing a pressure cooker and
shrapnel dipped in rat poi-
son, according to the com-
Mistrial for US officer who slammed Indian man to ground
PHILLIP LUCAS
Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (AP)
— A judge has declared
a mistrial in the case of an
Alabama police officer
charged with violating an
Indian man’s civil rights and
using unreasonable force
as he slammed him to the
ground.
U.S. District Court Judge
Saturday 12 September

cause of the incident. ban Aurora. in the Chicago suburb of cannot explain why I did it.”
Brian Howard pleaded Dan Palmer testified he was Bartlett. According to court filings,
guilty in May to willfully de- forced to drive to Texas to Howard read a statement Howard walked into the
stroying an air navigation visit his dying sister because apologizing for his actions, radar facility where he
facility and using fire to his flight was canceled. which caused $100 million worked as a telecommuni-
commit a felony. U.S. Dis- Palmer sobbed when he in damage, saying he was cations contractor before
trict Judge Gary Feinerman said his sister died before he in a fog of depression at dawn on Sept. 26, carrying
sentenced Howard, 37, of reached her Dallas home. the time. a gas can, a lighter and
Naperville, after a lengthy “I want Mr. Howard to know “I lost myself and I snapped. knives; he cut cables and
hearing that included testi- how his actions affected I decided to take my own set fire to a telecommuni-
mony from those impacted many people in many ways life,” he said. “I did not act cations room before trying
by the fire at the Chicago that he cannot even imag- out of anger. to slit his throat.q
En Route Center in subur- ine,” said Palmer, who lives I acted out of despair. I

11, 2001, attacks, the com- police, they interviewed
plaint says. No bomb was
produced. a witness who said Gold-
Goldberg, claiming to be
in Perth, Australia, said he berg was an “online troll”
thought a pressure cooker
bomb would be the best who liked to stir up trouble
option and suggested at-
tacking a 9/11 memorial through hoaxes.
event in Kansas City, ac-
cording to the messages. On Wednesday, federal
Australian Federal Po-
lice confirmed they were agents served a search
contacted by the FBI. In
a statement, the AFP said warrant at the home Gold-
Goldberg will be charged
with providing information berg shares with his parents
online in an attempt to fa-
cilitate and encourage ter- and two younger siblings,
rorist acts in Australia.
Two federal public defend- taking the suspect into cus-
ers appointed to represent
Goldberg did not imme- tody.
diately respond to emails
seeking comment. A judge Goldberg admitted under
set a Tuesday bail hearing
for Goldberg. questioning that he had
According to Australian
provided the informant
with bomb-making infor-
Ronald Hoose, 52, speaks of neighbor Joshua Ryne Goldberg mation and used the on-
in Orange Park, Fla., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. This week, Goldberg
was arrested and charged with distributing information relating line aliases associated with
to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass de-
struction. The complaint says Goldberg told an informant how to their conversations, ac-
build a bomb and suggested the informant target a commemo-
ration of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in Kansas City. No bomb was cording to the complaint.
produced.
Goldberg told agents that
(AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
he believed the instructions
plaint. Goldberg instructed Kansas City, Missouri, com-
the informant to place the memorating the 14th an- would create a working
bomb at a memorial in niversary of the September
bomb.
However, Goldberg
claimed that he didn’t in-
tend for the Missouri attack
to be carried out.q

Madeline Haikala an- A neighbor who saw Patel took Patel to the ground Video showed Patel turn-
nounced the decision Fri- called police and reported because he was resisting ing to look at Parker while
day in the trial of officer a thin black man walking officers and reached to- his hands were behind his
Eric Parker after jurors said through the neighborhood ward his pockets. back just before he was
three different times that and acting suspiciously Patel denied that through slammed to the ground
they were unable to reach Parker slammed Patel an interpreter. and seriously injured.
a unanimous decision. down face-first during the Parker took the stand in Defense attorney Robert
Sureshbhai Patel, 58, had ensuing suspicious person his own defense and said Tuten has said the con-
traveled from India and investigation. Police tried he lost his balance while frontation was an unfortu-
was visiting relatives when questioning Patel, but the he was trying to take Patel nate escalation of police
he was approached by po- man said he doesn’t speak to the ground and didn’t tactics and not a criminal
lice during a morning walk. English. Parker has said he mean to hurt him. offense.q