Two admit plot to bomb police station, kill St. Louis County prosecutor and Ferguson police chiefSTLTODAY.com
By Robert Patrick | June 2, 2015, 12:12PM CDTST. LOUIS - Two men admitted in federal court here Tuesday that they plotted to blow up a police station, vehicles and perhaps other targets, including the St. Louis County prosecutor and Ferguson police chief.
Olajuwon Ali Davis, 23, and Brandon Orlando Baldwin, 22, pleaded guilty of explosives and firearms charges that will carry seven-year prison terms when they are sentenced Aug. 31.
There was no mention in court or superceding indictments of the Gateway Arch as one of the targets, although law enforcement sources previously said it was.
Davis, the alleged leader, paid a deposit on Nov. 18 and both were arrested after picking up what they believed was a bomb in a law enforcement sting several days later, officials said.
Investigators identified both defendants as members of the St. Louis Chapter of the New Black Panther Party.
Officials said the men mentioned Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch and then-Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson as targets. Neither was harmed. Law enforcement sources and neighbors said the home of both had been closely guarded.
They also intended to bomb an unspecified police station to disrupt communications, according to the plea.
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