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FBI: Terrorist Attack On Cleveland Thwarted

Associated Press

Justice Department and FBI personnel say they foiled a suspected terrorist attack on the City of Cleveland by an American citizen. 

FBI agent Stephen Anthony says Demetrius Pitts expressed his support for al-Qaida last year while living in Cincinnati, and talked about detonating bombs at a July Fourth parade in Cleveland and later in Philadelphia.

Federal prosecutor Justin Herdman says Pitts began crafting his plan when he moved to Cleveland in May.

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Pitts was arrested this past Sunday and faces multiple federal charges.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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