11/28/10
From WSET Virginia
Arkansas Man Arrested in Smyth Co. for Possession of
Explosives
Old Thanksgiving evening tradition - not everyone watches football.
| Smyth Co.,VA- An Arkansas man was arrested, and charged with
multiples counts of manufacturing and possessing explosive devices
after a traffic stop in Smyth County. Around 10:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving, State Trooper L. J. Testerman was traveling through Chestnut Ridge Road and Grubmore Road when he observed someone throwing some type of bottles out of a black Ford Ranger pickup. Moments later the trooper heard a loud bang come from the pickup. Trooper Testerman stopped the pickup truck on Chestnut Ridge Road. After a search of the vehicle the officer found explosive devices. 21-year-old Emad Hatem Abdullah of Little Rock, Arkansas was arrested, and taken to the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon where he is being held on $5,000 bond. Abdullah has been charged with one felony count of throwing a missile at a vehicle and four counts of manufacturing and possessing an explosive device. A 20-year-old passenger in the pickup truck from Marion, Virginia was not charged. The Smyth County Sheriff's Office assisted State Police with its investigation into the incident
Oh man, just because he's got a funny name and he comes from Arkansas is no reason for the local troopers to be busting his butt like that about making a little noise. I bet Billy-Bob Clinton did that every Thanksgiving on the South Lawn and the Secret Service never busted HIS butt about it.
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