5 indicted in alleged plot to bomb Ohio bridge

THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press Published:






"This indictment in this case alleges that the defendants took specific and defined actions to further a terrorist plot," Dettelbach said.

Stephen D. Anthony, head of the FBI in northern Ohio, said the work by a joint team of law enforcement officers reflected a commitment "to be vigilant in its efforts to detect and disrupt any terrorism threat, domestic or international."




"This is a horrific example in terms of the arrests of how the movement itself failed to identify and understand the dangerous potential of people affiliated with it," Cummins said.



"The whole group appeared to be together and was constantly moving throughout the crowd expressing displeasure at the crowd's unwillingness to act violently," the criminal complaint said. When told by organizers that protesters would submit to arrest peacefully as part of an act of civil disobedience Oct. 21, the men left, one expressing a vulgarity.


Occupy Cleveland spokesman Joseph Zitt said the group might take up the councilman's suggestion but he wasn't sure it had the resources to do so. "The group has not taken any action. It's something we're going to have to come together and consider," he said.

The Occupy movement said the men were associated with the group but didn't represent Occupy Cleveland or its non-violent philosophy.

Occupy participants stood aside as police removed the group's tent early Thursday, leaving about a half-dozen people standing around or zipped up in sleeping bags. The city said the permit for the tent in the heart of downtown had expired.