Posted on 11/02/2004 10:47:47 PM PST by sarah_f
SPC suspect jailed in Michigan
The man, who tried to buy St. Petersburg College vehicles, has terrorist ties, police say.
By NORA KOCH, Times Staff Writer Published October 28, 2004
A former Clearwater man who tried to buy an old ambulance and two surplus police cruisers from St. Petersburg College in August is an "affiliate of a terrorist organization," according to police documents obtained Wednesday.
Abdalla Deiab, 51, was arrested in Michigan on Wednesday on a warrant charging him with failing to return a hired vehicle, a Largo rental car, Pinellas County sheriff's and Largo police officials said.
In a Sept. 30 police report, Largo police Officer Michael Bruno wrote that when he checked law enforcement databases on Deiab, he learned Deiab was affiliated with a terrorist organization and "should be approached with caution."
Bruno gave no other information about Deiab's alleged terrorist affiliation. Largo police gave the information on Deiab and the missing rental car to the FBI, according to police records.
Pinellas County sheriff's officials say they were told that Deiab had been arrested Wednesday in Hamtramck, a town near Detroit, on the Pinellas County warrant issued Oct. 14. Failing to return a hired vehicle is a third-degree felony.
Chief Assistant State Attorney Bruce Bartlett said Michigan authorities contacted him about Deiab's arrest and asked if Pinellas County officials would extradite Deiab. Bartlett told them they would.
Police officials in Hamtramck and Wayne County, Mich., declined to discuss the case. An FBI spokesman in Detroit initially said he had no information on the arrest. In a later conversation, he asked that his response be changed to "no comment."
(Excerpt) Read more at sptimes.com ...
fyi
Thank you Sarah for the ping.
My guess would be the Hamtramck mosque, the one that made national news with the public Call to Prayer loudspeakers.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130788/posts
bump
ping
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.