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

[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.

[pissant]

ROP convert?

[raygunfan]

gee, what a surprise, he is black and they found a mid east head dress scarf in his posessions...

[FreedomPoster]

Well-equipped guy. Don’t know of many .50 cal assault rifles, though.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Not A Redneck!

[Solitar]

The right to keep and bear arms was intended to include all military arms.

[HospiceNurse]

Mixed in among Woodson’s belongings, the prosecutor said, was a Middle Eastern, red-and-white traditional headdress

I'm sure we will never know.

[Jet Jaguar]

“A U.S. Navy spokesman, Lt. Justin Cole, said Woodson joined the service in February 1988 and served aboard the USS Orion, a submarine tender, before deserting in April 1989. It would be eight years before he was returned to Navy custody, Cole said. A month later, in August 1997, Woodson was discharged.”

Another source said he did have a red and white middle eastern head scarf in the hotel room.

[ModelBreaker]

Wonder what his other name is.

[digger48]

ROP convert?

nahhhhh....surely not

[ruralvoter]

I read online that the red and white head gear is common in Jordan and Somalia.

[mnehring]

customized to shoot .50-caliber rounds

???? I would love to know the details of this so called 'customization'. I have a feeling it is more like a from scratch fabrication.

[smokingfrog]

.50 Beowulf

[GladesGuru]

.50 Beowolf upper or a .50 BMG upper?

Gotta have serious recoil if it was a .50 BMG small enough to conceal under anything sort of a burka!

[guitarplayer1953]

Along with cannons too?

[Trailerpark Badass]

Well-equipped guy. Don’t know of many .50 cal assault rifles, though.

Probably an AR with a .50 Beowulf upper.

Or a Barrett. ;0), which might be an "assault rifle" in the eyes of a NJ newspaper reporter.

[mnehring]

I don’t know, sounds like some Texas FReepers I know closet collections.

[freebilly]

Well..., it is Jersey, after all....

[JrsyJack]

Must not be a Mensa candidate, of all the places to bring all that hardware...New Jersey! BB guns are illegal here.

[greatdefender]

Not A Redneck!

Exactly! he was from a secret underground terrorist organization. whats it it called? OH Yea...........Amish!