an investigation of frank r. james by an fbi office before the shooting yesterday. reports that new mexico s field office previously investigated him are inaccurate. i want to thank our partners in this case, the nypd, the atf and u.s. marshals and the joint terrorism task. we have had such a great response from all of our partners in this case that led us to this moment now. i want to take a quick moment to highlight the work of the atjf. it s a group of outstanding people, and they have done an outstanding job on this as they have every time new york has faced a threat of this nature. thank you. good afternoon, everyone.
enforcement partners that has been ongoing is truly a bright spot here. today, frank james has been charged by complaint in brooklyn federal court with one count of violating 18 usc sections 1992 a7 and b1, which prohibits violent acts on mass trance tore transportation systems. he will face a sentence of up to life in prisonment if convicted. in sunset block brooklyn, frank james did knowingly and without lawful authority and permission did commit an act including the use of a dangerous weapon to cause death and serious injury
information. they have to say, if we see something we will say something. and let me add one more thing. go ahead. i was looking at a couple different research projects about this type of tip line, and researchers saying say something, and in 80% of the cases in studies i was researching, law enforcement received a tip from only one person, so you may be the one person who is calling in. you can t rely on other people to call in. i want to ask you about how to stop individuals who just have their mind-set on causing problems, on injuring people and hurting people and killing people? frank r. james has a youtube channel and talked about wanting to see people die in front of him. how do you stop an individual like that who has access to a weapon like a gun? yeah, i think that s a great
it was a policing effort, civilians in manhattan spotted suspect frank james yesterday, took photos and posted them on social media and then alerted law enforcement and st. mark s place where we believe he was apprehended. john: the see something, say something campaign in new york for years and thank god people are paying attention. new york is a place even the rich and famous can live somewhat anonymously. people don t bug them, they leave them alone for the most part. there are paparazzi that follow them around a bit, but for new workers to actually get dialed in on this and you know, within 30 hours of the incident taking place, we are going to hear from the police about this arrest that has been made and what charges the suspect who is alleged to be frank james will face going forward. it really is quite extraordinary
against terrorists and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems. james also has a long arrest record across multiple cities and multiple states including here in new york between the dates ofn 1992 and 1998. nine prior arrests for things like burglary, criminal sex acts, c tampering, trespassing, larceny, disorderly conduct. katherine, i want to get you on one thing. we re talking about guns and there was a questionab there, h could he have purchased a gun with ae criminal history as lo as his. and he made the point that there was no felony conviction here. yeah, that s the rule, right? that s the rule. if there s no felony conviction, then you can go ahead and arrest somebody based on that. so you go ahead and buy a gun based on that. the rule is right now it doesn t matter if you have other things