\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA 49-year-old Sacramento man is accused of bringing an explosive device to Sacramento International Airport.The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of California said on Tuesday that Kimani Osayande Jones was arrested on Saturday, May 30, after trying to make his way through a security checkpoint with the device in his carry-on bag. Jones was wearing a scarf covering his face and had latex gloves on his hands, according to federal prosecutors. The bag had an M-type explosive device, a torch lighter, a knife, scissors and scissor blades, an aerosol can and zip ties, prosecutors said.He also had five cellphones, including one with a 15-minute timer \u201cready to start,\u201d according to prosecutors. Another phone had a message from an unidentified number on the screen that said \u201cwe will be awaiting your call.\u201d Testing determined the powder and fuse in the explosive device was viable and energetic.Prosecutors said that had the device gone off on a plane next to a window with the plane flying above 10,000 feet, the explosive could have depressurized the cabin.He was charged with unlawfully possessing explosive material in an airport. The FBI and the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office are investigating the case. The prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Wong. If convicted, Jones faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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A 49-year-old Sacramento man is accused of bringing an explosive device to Sacramento International Airport.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of California said on Tuesday that Kimani Osayande Jones was arrested on Saturday, May 30, after trying to make his way through a security checkpoint with the device in his carry-on bag. <\/p>\n
Jones was wearing a scarf covering his face and had latex gloves on his hands, according to federal prosecutors. <\/p>\n
The bag had an M-type explosive device, a torch lighter, a knife, scissors and scissor blades, an aerosol can and zip ties, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
He also had five cellphones, including one with a 15-minute timer \u201cready to start,\u201d according to prosecutors. Another phone had a message from an unidentified number on the screen that said \u201cwe will be awaiting your call.\u201d <\/p>\n
Testing determined the powder and fuse in the explosive device was viable and energetic.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said that had the device gone off on a plane next to a window with the plane flying above 10,000 feet, the explosive could have depressurized the cabin.<\/p>\n
He was charged with unlawfully possessing explosive material in an airport. <\/p>\n
The FBI and the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office are investigating the case. The prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Wong. <\/p>\n
If convicted, Jones faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 49-year-old Sacramento man is accused of bringing an explosive device to Sacramento International Airport.The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[11055,121,123,2420,122,2421],"class_list":["post-343498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-explosive","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-international-airport","tag-sacramento-news","tag-smf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}