A Sacramento man arrested this weekend at Sacramento International Airport after TSA agents detected suspected explosive materials, a timer and a cryptic message in his carry-on luggage now faces federal charges in the incident, FBI officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors Tuesday filed charges of unlawfully possessing explosive materials against Kimani Osayande Jones, also known as Jackson, 49, of Sacramento, in the 9 p.m. Saturday incident, said U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office officials in Sacramento, in a news release. Jones is being held without bail in Sacramento County Main Jail on a federal hold, according to sheriff\u2019s jail records.<\/p>\n
The agents\u2019 discovery derailed potential disaster, said U.S. Attorneys officials in Sacramento, in a statement.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Jones approached a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the airport ahead of boarding, where he wore a scarf around his face and latex gloves that covered his hands.<\/p>\n
Inside Jones\u2019 bag, attorneys said, were an illegal M-type pyrotechnic explosive and a torch lighter, along with a knife, scissors and scissor blades, an aerosol can, and zip ties. Sacramento County sheriff\u2019s and FBI bomb technicians disposed and tested the explosive.<\/p>\n
Officials said the explosive\u2019s powder and fuse were \u201cviable and energetic,\u201d capable of sizable damage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe explosive device had the potential to cause injury and, if the explosive device had detonated next to a window on a pressurized aircraft flying above 10,000 feet, it had the potential to damage the aircraft and cause a possible loss of cabin pressure,\u201d the statement read.\u201d<\/p>\n
TSA agents also found five cellular phones, one with a 15-minute timer set and readied; a second displaying an unidentified number and a message that read \u201cwe will be awaiting your call.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jones is being held without bail in Sacramento County Main Jail on a federal hold, according to sheriff\u2019s jail records.<\/p>\n
Jones faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, if convicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sacramento man arrested this weekend at Sacramento International Airport after TSA agents detected suspected explosive materials, a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[141427,40466,141426,141410,121,123,122,5173,141428],"class_list":["post-344024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-cryptic-message","tag-explosive-device","tag-explosive-materials","tag-kimani-osayande-jones","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-tsa","tag-tsa-agents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344024","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=344024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}