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Virginia man had weapons cache, grenade launcher stashed in N.J. hotel room [Map of Ft. Drum]
New Jersey Star-Ledger ^ | 1/25/10 | Star-Ledger Staff

Posted on 01/25/2010 8:01:01 PM PST by ruralvoter

A Virginia man who once spent eight years on the run from naval investigators was arrested in Somerset County early today with a trove of high-powered weapons, including a grenade-launcher and two assault rifles, along with maps of a U.S. military base and a civilian neighborhood, authorities said.

The federal government’s Joint Terrorism Task Force quickly joined the investigation into Lloyd R. Woodson, 43, who had been staying at a Branchburg motel since last week. Woodson, whose last known address was in Reston, Va., was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying one of the assault rifles — customized to shoot .50-caliber rounds — when police arrested him after a chase and a scuffle in a local trailer park.

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To: left that other site

Yep. That “I just had my ass beat and pepper sprayed” look.


101 posted on 01/26/2010 10:15:49 AM PST by Dead Corpse (III, Oathkeeper)
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To: Dead Corpse
Yep. That “I just had my ass beat and pepper sprayed” look.

LOL

102 posted on 01/26/2010 10:27:29 AM PST by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: ruralvoter; All
Update below.

Gotta spin “no terrorism threat”

I wonder what his Islamic name is?

FBI finds no terrorism link to Virginia man with weapons cache in N.J. motel room

By The Associated Press

January 26, 2010, 8:17AM

BRANCHBURG — The FBI said a man charged with multiple weapons offenses after a cache of weapons and maps of a military facility were found in his New Jersey motel room has no known terrorism link.

Special Agent Bryan Travers said the FBI was asked to investigate after Lloyd Woodson of Reston, Va. was arrested early Monday. The arrest came after a report that the 43-year-old was acting suspiciously in a convenience store before dawn in Branchburg.


103 posted on 01/26/2010 10:29:15 AM PST by Syncro (TPXIII coming this Spring! March 27th to April 15th 2010, GIANT Rally in DC!)
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To: ruralvoter

Whoooo-hoooo.......I thinks I smell a copy-cat to the Arkansas and Ft Hood shooters.


104 posted on 01/26/2010 10:35:27 AM PST by gitmogrunt (The stupidity of American Liberals never ceases to amaze me.)
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To: metmom
Not near me but NJ is such a small state I think you can get from one end to the other in like 4 hrs or so. Maybe less depending on traffic. I know there are places muslims live & I just avoid them. NJ makes you get a license for BB guns so I suppose he is in big trouble.
105 posted on 01/26/2010 11:51:34 AM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC!)
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To: gitmogrunt
Are you sure? Maybe he's one of us fed up gun nuts who had already reached some private "go time" line in the sand.

The fact that he didn't open fire on the cops when they tried to "Terry Stop" him doesn't smell right with the "sudden jihad syndrome" MO.

106 posted on 01/26/2010 1:14:26 PM PST by Dead Corpse (III, Oathkeeper)
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To: Kent1957
None of that stuff is illegal in a normal state (other than NJ)except the rifle with defaced S#.

It is if you have a dishonorable discharge from the armed forces. Since they said he deserted, and it was 8 years before he was returned to Navy control, I suspect that's what he has. Although it's possible he has a lessor form of a less than honorable discharge, and then "It depends".

107 posted on 01/26/2010 3:48:10 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
But,,,, where did he go AWOL? The States, France? Or Qatar? (sp?)

Apparently no officials know, or at least are talking about it. Given the time frame, Pakistan or even Afghanistan would be more likely. Now it would be Yemem or still perhaps Pakistan.

108 posted on 01/26/2010 3:51:24 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
But,,,, where did he go AWOL? The States, France? Or Qatar? (sp?)

Apparently no officials know, or at least are talking about it. Given the time frame, Pakistan or even Afghanistan would be more likely. Now it would be Yemem or still perhaps Pakistan.

109 posted on 01/26/2010 3:51:25 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Syncro
FBI finds no terrorism link to Virginia man with weapons cache in N.J. motel room

They never do... now that they work for Eric Holder, who works for that Hussien guy. Sometimes, when others find the links, they change their tune.

110 posted on 01/26/2010 3:54:42 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: jersey117
Women there walk around in burkas. Seriously.

Burkas?

Or Hajib-Abaya combinations?

111 posted on 01/26/2010 4:09:42 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: All

http://media.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/nj-lloyd-woodson-arsenal-courtjpg-77f8c9cc2f63f31d_large.jpg

UPDATE:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/virginia_man_facing_nj_federal.html

“Virginia man facing N.J., federal weapons charges had map of Fort Drum in N.Y.”
By Star-Ledger Staff
January 26, 2010, 6:25PM
ROBERT SCIARRINO/THE STAR-LEDGER

SNIPPET: “BRANCHBURG — The Virginia man arrested in Somerset County on Monday on charges he had an arsenal stashed in his motel room had a map of Fort Drum in New York and now faces an additional federal gun charge, authorities said.

The FBI, however, has all but dismissed links to terrorism in the case against Lloyd Woodson, 43, who appeared today in Superior Court in Somerville for a first appearance on multiple state weapons charges. His bail on the state charges was set at $75,000.”

SNIPPET: “Woodson, 43, of Reston, Va., was charged Monday with multiple offenses, including second-degree unlawful weapons possession and fourth-degree possession of prohibited weapons after police found him armed and a battery of weapons in his room at the Red Mill Inn in Branchburg.”


112 posted on 01/26/2010 4:41:53 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Wonder if they have considered that Reston is just a skip and jump from Fairfax where is located a Muslim training camp.


113 posted on 01/26/2010 6:11:02 PM PST by WVNan (.)
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To: metmom; pandoraou812

Thanks for the ping, Metmom. I think I live even further away from it than Pandy does.

If this guy was planning an attack on a military base in NJ, I think this makes the second planned attack on a NJ base that has been stopped. My teenaged son stayed on one base for a week last summer, and I thought about how NJ had just put on trial a few terrorists who’d planned an attack there. I figured, “Oh, I shouldn’t worry. No one would try that a second time.” I guess I was wrong. ;-)


114 posted on 01/26/2010 6:47:32 PM PST by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: The Mayor; neverdem
Ping to post 112.

“Virginia man facing N.J., federal weapons charges had map of Fort Drum in N.Y.”

115 posted on 01/26/2010 7:33:52 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Tired of Taxes; metmom; TigersEye
Yes you are further south from me. I am closer to FT Monmouth, Earle Naval Base, Lakehurst Naval Air Station , FT Dix, & McGuire AFB. Plus not too far away Oyster Creek Generating Station. I used to think about Oyster Creek blowing up before terrorism.

I wouldn't say I am paranoid but I do look around more then I ever did before in my life. I wouldn't go pick up a bookbag just sitting in the mall etc. I refuse to go to muslim owned gas stations or stores as I am not going to help them make money to blow us up. I do believe we will see more attacks or attempts on bases or where many people are. Subways, concerts, amusement parks etc.

116 posted on 01/26/2010 7:39:49 PM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC!)
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To: pandoraou812; Tired of Taxes; TigersEye

I lived in Jersey for a few years as a kid, not far from Ft. Dix myself. We had a friend down there who was an officer who worked on the base and went there for Armed Forces Day a couple times.


117 posted on 01/26/2010 8:01:22 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

this guy was AWOL for eight years and then after only one month IC he was discharged? Is this normal?


118 posted on 01/26/2010 8:14:19 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: pandoraou812

I pity the po muslim that picks a fight with you! ;^)


119 posted on 01/26/2010 8:17:24 PM PST by TigersEye (It's the Marxism, stupid!)
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To: sabe@q.com

No. Sounds like the Navy did not want him back, and thought him useless.

Not worth the fight.


120 posted on 01/26/2010 8:21:21 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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