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(CNN)–The Justice Department has charged Capitol bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device, a judge said Friday.
The charges were unsealed during Roseberry’s first court appearance in DC District Court. Roseberry, who identified himself as 51, is currently in jail, and prosecutors say they will seek to keep him behind bars while his case progresses in court.
Roseberry, who was taken into custody after allegedly threatening to detonate a bomb near the US Capitol on Thursday.
The day before, a person related to Roseberry warned local law enforcement in North Carolina that he was planning to travel to Washington, DC, or Virginia to “conduct acts of violence,” according to court documents unsealed Friday.
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