FBI raids American Muslim's
home, finds 'arsenal', Search nets AK-47s, grenades,
tactical knives, 1,000s of rounds of ammo, by Leo Hohmann, 8/30/16
An American Muslim convert allegedly
bought illegal grenades from an undercover FBI agent and was stockpiling
ammunition in an underground container, according to federal court records
unsealed Monday in Detroit.
Interviews found in court records
portray Sebastian Gregerson, aka Abdurrahman Bin Mikaayl, as a “homegrown violent
extremist” who amassed an “arsenal” to carry out an attack while cheering mass
killings in Paris and Orlando, the Detroit News reported.
Both the FBI and the Detroit
newspaper used the language of the Obama administration, referring repeatedly
to Gregerson as a “home-grown violent extremist” who seemingly just randomly
fell into a state of allegiance to the Islamic State, also called ISIS.
Near the end of the Detroit News
article the newspaper finally gets around to telling its readers that
Gregerson, 29, converted to Islam after high school and worked as an employee
of the Minneapolis-based Target store chain.
The FBI obtained a search warrant
July 31 listing probable cause to search Gregerson’s home and vehicle following
16 months of taped discussions Gregerson had with an undercover FBI agent who
he thought was a fellow ISIS supporter. Agents were reportedly looking for
evidence Gregerson was providing material support to ISIS, a designated foreign
terrorist organization.
They raided Gregerson’s Detroit home
after he allegedly bought five illegal grenades that same day from the
undercover FBI agent.
The search netted seven rifles, two
AK-47s, a shotgun, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, computer
equipment and cellphones, according to a search warrant inventory obtained by
the Detroit News. There were also grenades and grenade launchers.
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