A Pennsylvania man admitted to denotating an explosive device under a vehicle that was parked at his former supervisor’s residence, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer.
Michael Patrick Takacs, Jr., 44, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Karen M. Williams in Camden federal court to an Information charging him with one count of transporting an explosive with the knowledge and intent that it would be used to intimate an individual and used unlawfully to damage and destroy property.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey
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