A bomb technician discovered staples, pins and thumb tacks inserted among the homemade explosives, and according to the technician, the small metal items were designed to increase the “amount of shrapnel propelled by an explosion if the devices were detonated.”
BANGOR, Maine: A Waterville man was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and possession of unregistered destructive devices,
Xavier Pelkey, 19, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and possession of unregistered destructive devices.
A Maine teenager is now facing upgraded terrorism-related charges stemming from an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to attack a Shiite mosque in Chicago last spring.