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Cops bust heavily armed NYC man who expressed jihadist views, was planning something ‘very bad': sources
2024-06-13
[NY Post] A heavily armed Queens
…which has an extremely diverse population…
man who has shared extreme Jihadist views online was busted in his "ghost car" early Wednesday — with sources saying they feared the nut was planning something "very bad."

Judd Sanson, 29, was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m., with cops finding a loaded 9mm gun, nine loaded magazines, an NYPD vest, handcuffs, two axes, a stun gun, multiple knives, a weighted whip and an expandable baton — along with NYPD uniform "items," NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said at a press briefing.

Cops also recovered a Guy Fawkes "V for Vendetta" mask and an orange MTA vest.

"Members of this department make gun arrests, weapons arrests, arrests for knives every day, but an arrest of this magnitude, the amount of ammunition, NYPD paraphernalia in the car was significant," Maddrey said.

Etched into the baton were several troubling messages, including, "You left me no choice, I am sorry, You gon [sic] learn today" and the Arabic word for, "God forgive me," the sources said.
How very interesting. How did Mr. Sanson come to be able to etch in legible Arabic?
Police discovered items including a gun, loaded magazines, body armor and knives inside Sanson’s car.

They also found an orange MTA vest, the sources said.

"Given what was in there, something very bad was potentially averted," one cop told The Post. "The intent is still under investigation. The sum of the parts had the potential for something awful."

Sanson allegedly also expressed extremist views in online posts, the sources said.

The sources said cops from the 110th Precinct in Queens questioned Sansom around 1 a.m. after a traffic stop near 23rd Avenue and 86th Street and determined he had the weapons in his Ford Explorer.

Police initially pulled the SUV over for having an obstructed license plate. and believed he had been living inside the vehicle — and was a regular drug user, the sources said.
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Posted by:Frank G

#5  Living in his car with all that? Sounds uncomfortable.

MSN/CNN:

According to an affidavit released Thursday, police found an expandable baton with the words “left me no choice,” “you gon learn today” (sic) and “astaghfirullah” written in marker. That latter phrase is Arabic for “I seek forgiveness in God,” the affidavit states.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-06-13 21:10  

#4  So, they caught the decoy, now the real attack hits.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-06-13 15:37  

#3  WATCH LIVE: Governor Hochul’s public safety announcement in New York
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-06-13 14:50  

#2  All of 'em laughing, cheesing it up, like they are in on a joke.

And, of course, they are.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-06-13 14:45  

#1  Heavily armed suspected NYC jihadist smiles as he’s led from stationhouse in cuffs
Posted by: Frank G   2024-06-13 14:22  

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