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Boston PD stops plot to attack Pokemon World Championship

It's actually sad to think that these kinds of psychopaths exist. At least they were stopped before anything bad happened (thank god).
 
Boo Boo'n said:
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Seriously, I hope those assholes get what's coming to them.
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I'm happy these fuckers got caught before the could hurt anyone.

What would be the sentence for a planned terrorist attack?
 
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On Thursday, August 20, 2015, members of the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) received information from private sector public safety personnel at the Hynes Convention Center at 900 Boylston Street in District D-4 (South End) regarding threats of violence made over social media to attendees of the Pokemon World Championships.

Security officers at the Hynes, officers in District D-4, and the BRIC immediately began investigation into these threats, and hours later, the two male suspects were stopped attempting to enter the event. BRIC and D-4 Detectives responded to further investigate. Detectives were informed that the suspects had driven to the event from Iowa and were in possession of several firearms in their vehicle. The suspects could not produce a License to Carry. Officers seized the vehicle, and the suspects were released pending a search warrant.

On Friday, August 21, 2015, detectives received and executed a search warrant for the suspect vehicle. Upon execution of the warrant, detectives recovered one 12-gauge Remington shotgun, one DPM5 Model AR-15 rifle, several hundred rounds of ammunition, and a hunting knife. An arrest warrant was issued for the two suspects.

With the assistance of the Saugus Police Department, BPD detectives located and arrested the suspects at a Saugus hotel. Eighteen-year-old Kevin Norton and 27-year-old James Stumbo, both of Iowa, were arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, and other firearm related charges. The suspects will be arraigned at Boston Municipal Court.

Said BPD Bureau of Intelligence and Analysis Commander Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, "The relationship between police and private sector security is important in both our community policing philosophy, as well as our counter-terrorism strategy. This incident is a good example of private security reaching out to their local Boston police district and relaying information to detectives and BRIC analysts in order to identify the very real threat. The BPD detectives did a great job in the stop and prevention of a potential tragedy."
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http://bpdnews.com/news/2015/8/23/k...-online-threats-to-pokemon-world-championship
 
Glad they got. They're fucking scum trying to pull this disgusting shit off at an innocent event that has children.
 
I'm scared to go to PAX, I'm scared to go to the movies and I'm scared to go to church too =(

These darn crazy people and their guns in the US of A

Glad they got caught and no one got hurt!
 
NahaNago said:
This is very shocking that someone would attempt something like this at a pokemon event.
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I associate Pokemon with Teletubbies, Beanie Babies, My Little Pony...the kind of stuff no one would ever attack. It's bizarre hearing that people would target that.
 
I'm so happy this didn't happen. But I'm sad as shit that this almost happened :(
 
ShadowOfTheIco said:
That's an exaggeration. From the news it seems these guys went in, heckled and harrassed some attendees and then left. They were arrested at their hotel after arrest warrants had been issued.

If they were cold blooded killers, they would have committed the act there and then.

Likelihood is they're unhinged idiots who decided to take guns with them in the car.
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That isn't at all what's in the article. The posts they made were reported and then they were stopped at the event and had their vehicle seized. Once the warrant to search the vehicle was granted, they arrested them for having the weapons. The whole thing started because they apparently threatened violence. Clearly security and the police had reason to suspect they were armed.
 
It's because of assholes like theses that we can't have nice things in life. Fortunately they were stopped in time. Way to go BPD!
 
salromano said:
"they were notified of the social media on threats"

I think they meant:

"they were notified of the threats on social media"

Thank god they were able to stop them in advance. This could've been horrifying.
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Well, the way your wrote it could be interpreted that the people were threatening social media
 
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