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  • After home raid Lake in the Hills man is charged with possessing neurotoxin ...-(IL)

    06/30/2008 8:07:50 PM PDT · by STARWISE · 9 replies · 219+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | 6-30-08 | Jeff Long and Jason Meisner
    Chemical allegedly found in FBI-led search can cause muscle paralysis in humans ~~~~~ A Lake in the Hills man was charged Monday with possession of a powerful neurotoxin found in species of puffer fish and octopus after agents with the FBI-led counter-terrorism task force raided his home. Edward Bachner, 35, was charged in a criminal complaint with one count of illegal possession of tetrodotoxin. He was arrested Monday and appeared briefly before U.S. Magistrate Judge P. Michael Mahoney in Rockford and was being held pending a detention hearing Wednesday morning, authorities said. Tetrodotoxin is an extremely powerful neurotoxin that in...
  • Man charged in alleged mall terror plot (Rockford, Illinois) UPDATE

    12/08/2006 9:03:25 AM PST · by janetjanet998 · 344 replies · 16,459+ views
    Chicago Trib ^ | 12-8-2006
    <p>Dec. 8, 2006 — ABC News has learned a Chicago-area man has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack.</p> <p>Sources say the man is accused of planning to use firearms and explosives to attack a specific mall in Rockford, Ill. The alleged plan was to target this mall during the holiday shopping season.</p>