Anonymous ID: c70ab6 Feb. 25, 2020, 11:11 a.m. No.8245353   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5394

Man arrested for trying to blow up a vehicle outside Pentagon

 

A man tried to kill himself by trying to ignite a parked vehicle’s gas tank in the Pentagon parking lot Monday, according to federal prosecutors.

 

Matthew Richardson, 19, of Arkansas has his first appearance in Alexandria federal court Tuesday afternoon on a charge of trying to set a vehicle on fire. If convicted, he faces at least five years in prison.

 

At about 10:45 Monday morning, a Pentagon police officer came upon Richardson in the Pentagon North Parking lot, according to court records, where he was attempting to use a cigarette lighter to ignite a piece of fabric that was inserted into the gas tank of a gray Land Rover.

 

The officer reported that when he approached, Richardson said he was going to “blow this vehicle up” and “himself.”

 

The Land Rover belongs to an active-duty service member who authorities say does not know Richardson.

 

The officer tried to detain Richardson, who fled on foot across Route 27 and into Arlington National Cemetery; he was arrested about an hour later on the grounds of the former home of Robert E. Lee.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-arrested-for-trying-to-blow-up-a-vehicle-outside-pentagon/2020/02/25/81314220-57fc-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html